tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7896938317853658312018-03-06T11:31:38.989+01:00Funtasia Daily - Filly FuntasiaA fansite dedicated to the Filly toyline, its associated TV show Filly Funtasia, and various other magical horse things in the same vein.Skundinoreply@blogger.comBlogger156125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789693831785365831.post-89939075158320530832018-02-20T21:04:00.001+01:002018-02-20T21:14:14.618+01:00Filly Funtasia in 2019<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xSZHz7vLIFo/WoxTsU92HRI/AAAAAAAAB6c/S0LZ7XyVVbof6vPVSA6R_wHUbDUuBvQYQCLcBGAs/s1600/cdb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="366" data-original-width="492" height="238" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xSZHz7vLIFo/WoxTsU92HRI/AAAAAAAAB6c/S0LZ7XyVVbof6vPVSA6R_wHUbDUuBvQYQCLcBGAs/s320/cdb.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />It’s been a while since we had anything to report. In fact, there’s been no official communication of note about Filly Funtasia since BRB <a href="http://www.funtasiadaily.com/2016/11/brbs-filly-funtasia-videos-now-private.html">disavowed the show in late 2016</a> and no official communication of note about Filly in general since Dracco signed a deal with Goliath <a href="https://dasspielzeug.de/Industrie/Goliath-mit-Dracco">in spring 2017</a>. Accordingly, we haven't posted any articles at all on Funtasia Daily for about half a year as there hasn't been much to report on. Considering all of this, it would not be too unreasonable to think Filly Funtasia has simply been abandoned and forgotten by everyone. <br /><br />But it has not. The founders of Dracco, brothers Henrik and Jacob Andersen, have conducted an interview with Danish business website Finans.dk where they reveal, among other things, that Filly Funtasia has a new projected release date - 2019. <br /><br />The information is divided into <a href="https://finans.dk/erhverv/ECE10189047/diskrete-legetoejsbroedre-ramt-af-retstvist-revisor-dumper-regnskab/?ctxref=ext">two</a> rather long <a href="https://finans.dk/protected/indsigt/ECE10189045/rige-legetoejsbroedre-vil-kaempe-sig-ind-i-kina-med-pink-ponyer-og-enhjoerninger">articles</a>. Both of them are in Danish and one of them is locked behind a paywall, so this article will contain a summary of the information in both of them along with background information for context. <br /><a name='more'></a><br />The main focus of the articles are the brothers’ attempt to restore a company hit by a protracted legal battle and a disruption to their distribution network. The articles focus on the break of the contract between Dracco and Simba Dickie, and this seems to be the main underlying cause for the problems the franchise has faced over the last few years.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" encrypted-media="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vMZl4Tl4RZU" width="560"></iframe></div><br />Let’s back up a bit. As we elaborated on in our article about <a href="http://www.funtasiadaily.com/2016/10/filling-you-in-1-whos-making-this-thing.html">the companies involved in Filly Funtasia</a>, Dracco (originally a Danish company, now based in Hong Kong) was the creator of the Filly IP and Simba Dickie (a German toy manufacturer) was the company that manufactured and distributed the toys from the initial launch of the Filly toyline in 2006 all the way until some point in the winter between 2013 and 2014 when the <a href="https://www.swp.de/suedwesten/staedte/goeppingen/abschied-von-den-filly-pferdchen-17428753.html">contract was broken</a>. <br /><br />This had two effects. First, this impacted the distribution network for Filly and the toyline disappeared almost completely from some regions. According to the article, the sales figures for Filly has dropped sharply from its high point in 2013, and the toyline no longer has the dominant position among girls’ toys on the German market that it once enjoyed. <br /><br />Second, it has led to a series of protracted legal battles in the courts of Hong Kong. Two <a href="http://www.brandora.de/D23132.brandora">initial charges</a> were filed in 2014 -&nbsp; the first concerning alleged damages from the breech of the licensing contract and the second concerning the supply contract. According to Dracco, Simba owes Dracco unpaid licensing fees for allegedly continuing to sell their stock of Filly products after the termination of the licensing agreement. This has led to <a href="http://legalref.judiciary.hk/lrs/common/search/search_result_detail_frame.jsp?DIS=92344&amp;QS=%2B&amp;TP=JU">a series</a> of <a href="https://www.hongkongcaselaw.com/dracco-netherlands-b-v-v-simba-toys-gmbh-co-kg/">legal verdicts</a> that have gone back and forth between the two parties, with the latest verdict I could find being from late 2016. According to the interview, this legal mess has had a negative impact on Dracco along with the reduced toy sales. <br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-stxv38llIBE/Wox0a9ITnGI/AAAAAAAAB64/OpaGuRSgof8wzkWHYKIlOUEIYz0qnblAwCLcBGAs/s1600/buttblastered.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-stxv38llIBE/Wox0a9ITnGI/AAAAAAAAB64/OpaGuRSgof8wzkWHYKIlOUEIYz0qnblAwCLcBGAs/s320/buttblastered.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">But how is Simba doing? They <a href="http://plasticker.de/Kunststoff_News_24081_Simba_Dickie_Spielwarenhersteller_mit_leichtem_Umsatzrueckgang_auf_6020_Mio_Euro__Erheblicher_Einbruch_in_Russland_und_der_Ukraine___Weitere_Investitionen_in_eigene_Produktionsstaetten">initially lost a lot of money too</a> but luckily managed to strike a fortuitous deal with a <a href="https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20151013005586/en/#.Vh0nj_lViko">certain American toy IP owner</a>. </td></tr></tbody></table>The result of these two problems is that Dracco is currently losing money. Both brothers have their own holding company, and they are joint owners of Dracco Group Holding ApS. Altogether, these three holding companies have declared a loss of 279 million DKK after taxes last year. <br /><br />They both claim to have injected several hundred million DKK into Dracco Group Holding but do not wish to disclose what their total assets are. The stated value of Dracco is 886 million DKK, and the value is stated to have been written down by 20% after the recent troubles. It is also claimed that 100 million Filly toys have been sold, about 13-14 million issues of the Filly Magazine and one million CDs. <br /><br />In a statement, an auditor claims that it’s not possible to properly verify the value of Dracco due to the conflict with Simba and the fact that Dracco subsidiaries have recently been transferred to holding companies which use different financial years. <br /><br />The articles also talk about the future plans of Dracco, which mainly revolve around the Filly brand. They cite a strong presence <a href="http://www.funtasiadaily.com/2017/08/filly-funtasia-not-dead-yet.html">at European toy fairs</a> and their new partner <a href="https://dasspielzeug.de/Industrie/Goliath-mit-Dracco">Goliath</a> as indicative of a coming recovery for Filly, but notes that they do not expect the brand to truly become profiled until early 2019. <br /><br />Because that’s when they plan to launch a cartoon. <br /><br />The article does not mention Filly Funtasia by name, instead simply referring to it as a cartoon about Filly that consists of 26 half-hour long episodes, but I think it’s a fairly safe assumption that this cartoon is indeed Filly Funtasia. <br /><br />It is claimed that the cartoon in question is currently under production, and that a deal with a Chinese production company is in place about both the current cartoon as well as unspecified future productions. (BRB and its subsidiaries are no longer involved in Filly in any capacity, as <a href="http://www.funtasiadaily.com/2016/11/filly-funtasias-new-status.html">previously reported</a>.) The partner is said to have a strategic cooperation with one of China’s largest TV stations which is hoped will lead to a broadcasting opportunity in China. <br /><br />The Chinese company in question is not named, but while it could theoretically just be Black Dragon, it does not really seem to me like they are a company with that kind of clout, and the article seems to imply that this deal is a somewhat new thing. <br /><br />Right after mentioning this, the article goes on to mention in a very short sentence that Dracco also has a partnership with a company in the US. While the placement of this sentence in the article seems to imply an US-based production or broadcasting company that will be involved in the TV show, it could simply refer to Dracco’s US toy distributor, <a href="http://whatnottoys.com/">WhatNot Toys</a>. <br /><br />Finally, the Dracco brothers claim to have already sold their cartoon to “a few countries” without specifying which countries these are or if any of their old broadcasting deals from the BRB era are still in play.<br /><br />And that's everything of relevance in the articles. While Dracco's specific plans for Filly Funtasia are still very much unclear - at least we now know that they still have plans for it.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9SWs0XOFjOc/WoxyWsL5LRI/AAAAAAAAB6s/a6FOXpsb-Go4pnEpvzVnS6sBfqM8GnW5ACLcBGAs/s1600/agan1.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9SWs0XOFjOc/WoxyWsL5LRI/AAAAAAAAB6s/a6FOXpsb-Go4pnEpvzVnS6sBfqM8GnW5ACLcBGAs/s640/agan1.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hopefully, it will have been worth the wait.</td></tr></tbody></table>Skundinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789693831785365831.post-42103624704474960092017-10-24T06:39:00.000+02:002017-10-24T11:53:16.221+02:00Funtasia Daily Four Year Anniversary<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hRymbhfq1HA/We6pHGQsCmI/AAAAAAAAB38/uh6es7iqNGIzeuMtu6ZptgBoH9i5NagsgCLcBGAs/s1600/he%2Bdidnt%2Bfly%2Bso%2Bgood.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="645" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hRymbhfq1HA/We6pHGQsCmI/AAAAAAAAB38/uh6es7iqNGIzeuMtu6ZptgBoH9i5NagsgCLcBGAs/s640/he%2Bdidnt%2Bfly%2Bso%2Bgood.png" width="588" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU</td></tr></tbody></table>It's October the 24th (well, at least in my time zone), which means it's time for another Funtasia Daily anniversary! When starting this website in late 2013, nine days after the release of the first Filly Funtasia trailer, I wasn't completely sure what to expect. But I highly doubt that I thought for a second that I would still be updating it four years later even though the show was still nowhere in sight.<br /><br /><a name='more'></a>The <a href="http://www.funtasiadaily.com/2014/10/funtasia-daily-one-year-anniversary.html">very first</a>&nbsp;anniversary post in 2014 was hopeful and excited as we were all still exploring the franchise, and the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.funtasiadaily.com/2015/10/funtasia-daily-two-year-anniversary.html">second one</a>&nbsp;in 2015 got to look back at what I think is some of the best material so far like the Filly Stars and the then-recent release of the Magical World promo. The <a href="http://www.funtasiadaily.com/2016/10/funtasia-daily-three-year-anniversary.html">third one</a>&nbsp;in 2016 took on a more reflective mood as the status of Filly Funtasia had become very unclear over the last year.<br /><br />And here we are, in 2017. While there have been no official releases of Filly Funtasia material since late 2015 besides perhaps the short announcements of the two specials in early 2016, the status of Filly Funtasia <a href="http://www.funtasiadaily.com/2017/08/filly-funtasia-not-dead-yet.html">seems clearer</a>&nbsp;- BRB Internacional and all its associated companies are out permanently, but Dracco are attending animation events, presumably to either find studios willing to pick up production, or to find broadcasters or coproducers to make the project more financially viable. Even if Filly Funtasia has not been abandoned, this means we will likely have to wait a long time for it to be released if it does eventually make it to the finish line, which seems less than certain at the moment.<br /><br />I don't know about you guys, but I'll keep waiting until the point where there's enough evidence to reasonably assume it's cancelled forever or it finally sees release. I've waited the length of an entire American presidential term already, I can wait a bit more.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jqvK0mz4iUg/We6tsClezfI/AAAAAAAAB4A/sy9CI6S0vNAwvBHpKWJrl6ES-3YmSouygCLcBGAs/s1600/four%2Bmore%2Byears.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="604" data-original-width="751" height="513" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jqvK0mz4iUg/We6tsClezfI/AAAAAAAAB4A/sy9CI6S0vNAwvBHpKWJrl6ES-3YmSouygCLcBGAs/s640/four%2Bmore%2Byears.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Four more years!</td></tr></tbody></table>Sadly, even though Brand Licensing Europe ended earlier this month, there has been very little information about Dracco's presence, partially because their booth was off to the side of the venue next to the elevators which means they didn't make it into any of the panorama photographs. And the only recent-ish press release from Dracco is their announcement of their <a href="http://www.funtasiadaily.com/2017/07/new-german-licensee-for-filly-and.html">deal with Goliath</a>. But we'll keep monitoring press releases, trade shows and marketing magazines for anything of interest to report on.<br /><br />One thing that we have done since last year is to open a Discord server! We talk about a lot more than Filly Funtasia there (because, let's face it, after a while you kind of run out of things to say when there's no new material released), but it's always a great place to hang out and talk about Filly, Melowy, MLP, or general nerd stuff. Feel free to click this <a href="https://discordapp.com/invite/R2T5gac">invite link</a>&nbsp;if that sounds like fun!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4XQWvWaxqWY/We68yX3EX0I/AAAAAAAAB4U/CARUwD_kA74esMK7hSPUPRijCAggwqrvQCLcBGAs/s1600/very%2Bfunny%2Bjoke.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="376" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4XQWvWaxqWY/We68yX3EX0I/AAAAAAAAB4U/CARUwD_kA74esMK7hSPUPRijCAggwqrvQCLcBGAs/s1600/very%2Bfunny%2Bjoke.png" /></a></div><br />Last year I mentioned wanting to help to set up a fansite in some way related to magical horses or their franchises (but not FiM, that already has enough fansites) if someone wanted to create one. Currently, I am planning to write a few posts about non-Filly non-FiM magical horses on this very website, as soon as I can get off my butt and do the required research. While this is not strictly within the website's usual scope, I hope that the people who read this website will still appreciate it.<br /><br />Lastly, my co-admin Zejgar also has something he wants to show you for this occasion:<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1sNBqvlZIV4" width="560"></iframe><br /><br />And just like every year, I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone who's in any way contributed to this little community, and everyone who happens to read this, whoever you are. You're why we keep writing.Skundinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789693831785365831.post-54282478629082254912017-09-25T23:45:00.000+02:002017-09-25T23:47:51.191+02:00Screen21 Declares BankruptcyRemember that logo with the happy little guy that was one of several logos featured in Filly Funtasia promos 1, 3 and 4?<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5WiwnTdq1SA/WcltqJ58SeI/AAAAAAAAB3U/rTMBvRdnfhcPzFg9AV9Q8B_8oZ9GmpXzACLcBGAs/s1600/screen21.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5WiwnTdq1SA/WcltqJ58SeI/AAAAAAAAB3U/rTMBvRdnfhcPzFg9AV9Q8B_8oZ9GmpXzACLcBGAs/s640/screen21.png" width="640" /></a></div><br />Unfortunately, it seems the company behind it is now defunct. Screen21 was an animation studio based in Barcelona which worked on BRB's various 3DCGI projects. The corporate structure of the companies that have worked on Filly Funtasia is <a href="http://www.funtasiadaily.com/2016/10/filling-you-in-1-whos-making-this-thing.html">a bit hard to fully comprehend</a>, but from what I understand it, Screen21 was a subsidiary of&nbsp;BRB Internacional.<br /><a name='more'></a><br />Bankruptcy was granted on the 22nd of May, 2017. According to <a href="https://www.boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-B-2017-33289">the court judgement</a>, it was a voluntary bankruptcy due to insufficient assets. Or, that's at least my best interpretation of the text as someone who neither speaks fluent Spanish nor knows too much about corporate law. <a href="https://cronicaglobal.elespanol.com/business/confidente-vip/claudio-biern-boyd-suspende-pagos_73328_102.html">According to Crónica Global Business</a>, Screen21 had debts of 2 million euros. Screen21's website <a href="http://screen21.net/">is now offline</a>.<br /><br />What does this mean for Filly Funtasia going forward? Most likely, this doesn't really change anything. BRB and its subsidiaries(?) Screen21 and Apolo Films ended involvement with Filly Funtasia quite some time before this happened. But while we do not have exact figures for how much money has been spent on the development of Filly Funtasia, it's not an unreasonable assumption that the costs associated with it contributed to the financial woes of the company.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3NPVozkrTjs/WclyC0CsmfI/AAAAAAAAB3o/HdluWRqDznAO2mRIV_CwMxc4VzOpKfS6ACLcBGAs/s1600/logo%2Battack.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="659" data-original-width="499" height="640" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3NPVozkrTjs/WclyC0CsmfI/AAAAAAAAB3o/HdluWRqDznAO2mRIV_CwMxc4VzOpKfS6ACLcBGAs/s640/logo%2Battack.png" width="482" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From <a href="http://haretrinity.tumblr.com/">Symbolic Attack</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Skundinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789693831785365831.post-63926460808099843872017-08-29T18:35:00.002+02:002017-10-01T17:09:14.023+02:00Filly Funtasia: Not Dead YetNews about Filly Funtasia has been extremely scarce for the last year, ever since <a href="http://www.funtasiadaily.com/2016/11/brbs-filly-funtasia-videos-now-private.html">BRB seemingly disavowed the franchise</a>. Accordingly, Funtasia Daily has also been very quiet during this time period, since there has been very little to report on related to Filly Funtasia. That does not mean that we've been doing nothing, however. We have been reaching out to people who have been involved in the production of the show in various capacities, and a source speaking on the condition of anonymity has now confirmed to us what I think we all already suspected: BRB is no longer involved in Filly or Filly Funtasia.<br /><br />So, is that it? Is Filly Funtasia as dead as a Valve franchise? No, not necessarily. Because while the schism between BRB (the company formerly producing Filly Funtasia) and Dracco (the owner of the Filly IP) seems to be final, there is also some indication that Dracco is at the very least intending to restart production of the show, if that has not already happened.<br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br />The main evidence for this is that Dracco representatives have attended and will attend events during 2017 geared towards childrens' entertainment. As the purpose of these events is mainly to find business partners of various kinds, it is hardly something you just attend casually for the fun of it.<br /><br />The first one we could find was the Kidscreen Summit. This happened back in February in Miami, USA. They describe themselves thus: <i>"Kidscreen's premier annual event, which has quickly grown into the world's leading conference on the business of kids entertainment, hosting nearly 2,000 attendees from around the world. Top decision- and deal-makers attend to engage in critical dialogue, network and find new ideas that will drive their businesses forward.</i>"<br /><br />The <a href="http://summit.kidscreen.com/2017/delegates/byfirstname/#">delegate list</a> features Axel Derendorf, Dracco's Head of International Licensing &amp; Business Development. From what I can find, this is the first year Dracco has attended this event. Filly Funtasia is (as far as we know) the only cartoon production that Dracco has ever been involved in.<br /><br />Next, there is the Cartoon Forum. It's happening in September in Toulouse, France. They describe themselves thus: <i>"Created in 1990, Cartoon Forum is a unique event focusing on pitching sessions of pre-selected TV projects, where animation producers can find cross-border partners and speed up financial arrangements. It allows co-productions to be finalised, pre-buys agreed, negotiation of distribution agreements, options discussed on every type of right, and licensing of secondary rights."</i><br /><br />Their <a href="http://cartoon-media.eu/cartoon-forum/cartoon-forum-2017/who-is-coming-2038.htm">list of participants</a> features the very same Axel Derendorf of Dracco.<br /><i> </i><br />While both of these are fairly anecdotal, there's a more solid indication of what exactly Dracco is promoting at these events from the third event on our list: Brand Licensing Europe, an event that is taking place in October in London, UK. They describe themselves thus: <i>"Brand Licensing Europe brings together 280+ leading brand owners showcasing the hottest brands, characters and images available to license. This is your opportunity to spot what’s up-and-coming, network with the industry and start the conversations that could lead to your next big licensing deal. Whether you’re a veteran of the industry or you’re looking how to get involved, Brand Licensing Europe will have something to offer you."</i><br /><br />Dracco <a href="http://ble17.mapyourshow.com/7_0/floorplan/?hallID=A&amp;selectedBooth=booth~F38&amp;CFID=6859065&amp;CFTOKEN=9cabb4e827a58a2-377A88E9-B97D-38FD-B258F1EEA1E61EB3">has a stand</a> at BLE, and their description features something interesting.<br /><i> </i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xyonyMPp2OI/WaSsWpUu3bI/AAAAAAAAB3E/4DpZ_4v63vYM4rnTXi3QXROvLRoEQTsdACLcBGAs/s1600/dracco%2Bble.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="747" data-original-width="316" height="640" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xyonyMPp2OI/WaSsWpUu3bI/AAAAAAAAB3E/4DpZ_4v63vYM4rnTXi3QXROvLRoEQTsdACLcBGAs/s640/dracco%2Bble.png" width="270" /></a></div><i> </i><br /><i> </i><br />The only brand they are bringing is Filly, and the Product Categories section features the category "Character/Animation". What could they be promoting in this category except Filly Funtasia in some form? It could be referring to the Filly TVCs that also feature animation, though it seems quite unlikely that they would promote this at an event like BLE. It could be that they're primarily referring to the "Character" part of the category, but that seems unlikely too. If you filter the BLE exhibitors <a href="http://ble17.mapyourshow.com/7_0/search.cfm?advsrch-parentcategory1=5&amp;advsrch-categoryid1=25&amp;advsrch=true&amp;advsrch-showresults=true">by this category</a>, what you find is a long list of mostly companies that produce animated cartoons of various kinds. (and yes, a certain well-known pony-peddling American company is of course also part of this list)<br /><br />As a curious sidenote, the "Food &amp; Beverages" section may seem strange to some, but besides everything else that Dracco does, they are in fact also <a href="http://www.licensing.biz/news/read/dracco-makes-confectionary-move-with-sendokai-champions-licensed-candy/038615">a candy manufacturer</a>.<br /><br />Last but not least, some of you may be wondering about the twin events in Cannes, France - MIPCOM and MIPTV. News from these two events in April and October formed important sources of news for Funtasia Daily during the 2013 - 2016 period as BRB attended these events every time and chose them as the venue to reveal brand new trailers and other important Filly Funtasia news.<br /><br />Unfortunately, I could find no indication that Dracco is attending these events. I could speculate about why Dracco is not doing that when they are attending other events, but there is no real way to know.<br /><br />Another important question is who exactly is making this thing now. It's not BRB anymore. Dracco could be doing some work in-house as they do employ a number of 3D animators, but I would speculate that it might not be enough for something of the scope of Filly Funtasia. I could not find any information about any new animation company attached to Filly Funtasia, so the purpose of their attendance at these events could be to find a new animation company. Or, they could already have one that we just don't know about. In any case, Filly Funtasia seems to at least not be completely abandoned, which is good news under the circumstances.Skundinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789693831785365831.post-44329333412236542672017-08-12T22:50:00.000+02:002017-08-12T22:50:50.797+02:00Additional Filly Funtasia Concept Art Found<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Today, we have three previously unseen pieces of concept art to show you! Although this concept art hasn't been seen publicly before, it was produced a few years ago and is therefore not proof that production of Filly Funtasia is still ongoing. However, it's still a new glimpse into the design of the show.<br /><a name='more'></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2vcI2hE1gUo/WYxqScQ1__I/AAAAAAAABqw/Dbw6VO1o5RgG0dqJqoP6zp7TUlR222BDACLcBGAs/s1600/concept_art12.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="541" data-original-width="895" height="386" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2vcI2hE1gUo/WYxqScQ1__I/AAAAAAAABqw/Dbw6VO1o5RgG0dqJqoP6zp7TUlR222BDACLcBGAs/s640/concept_art12.png" width="640" /></a></div>The first piece of concept art shows a collection of clay statues: an unfinished unicorn, a spider, and a Filly head. The head does not seem to belong to any of the shown Fillys. Each statue has the same square stand underneath. These statues are most likely products of students' activity, probably for a sculpting competition. I would not be surprised to see these statues being shown off in the exhibition main chamber, from&nbsp;<a href="http://www.funtasiadaily.com/2015/07/filly-funtasia-early-development_7.html">another collection of concept art</a>.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XnkbvqocUFI/VZrwXuYfxoI/AAAAAAAABWs/cTC_fphj0SU/s1600/150459b538c798781a6fa486eeee908f.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1089" height="400" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XnkbvqocUFI/VZrwXuYfxoI/AAAAAAAABWs/cTC_fphj0SU/s1600/150459b538c798781a6fa486eeee908f.jpg" width="271" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As seen in <a href="http://www.funtasiadaily.com/2015/07/filly-funtasia-early-development_7.html">this article</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BH2v_Oyc0CA/WYxqQ1majuI/AAAAAAAABq0/12m4c7tw3hAK8aFQrS5mfXqCj1WZUkE7gCEwYBhgL/s1600/concept_art11.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="541" data-original-width="895" height="385" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BH2v_Oyc0CA/WYxqQ1majuI/AAAAAAAABq0/12m4c7tw3hAK8aFQrS5mfXqCj1WZUkE7gCEwYBhgL/s640/concept_art11.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Moving on to the next image, a tower in the middle of a town square. The tower bears resemblance to the <a href="http://filly.wikia.com/wiki/Flower_Tower_(Butterfly)">Flower Tower</a> of Papillia.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-J6_FlekTadk/WYyT9uY9IUI/AAAAAAAABrQ/2skoSl3BW5wc8mG825HDe7Kq82Bq7C5rQCLcBGAs/s1600/tower.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="803" height="398" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-J6_FlekTadk/WYyT9uY9IUI/AAAAAAAABrQ/2skoSl3BW5wc8mG825HDe7Kq82Bq7C5rQCLcBGAs/s640/tower.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Left: tower from the concept art;<br />Right: Flower Tower, Filly Butterfly</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Just about every element of the tower is preserved. The only two major differences are that the swings that used to hang from the tree to the right are missing, and the concept art tower is modified to look more like a proper building, rather than a toy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The biggest difference has to do not with the tower itself, but with its location. According to the comic books, the Flower Tower is located off the shores of Papillia, in the middle of the sea. The concept art tower, however, is located in a town - a town that does not look like a part of Papillia at all. My guess is that this is a deliberate change to the setting of Papillia.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The two cliffs to the left and right on the concept art seem to be awfully close to the town. Toy-wise, the geography of Papillia lacks such cliffs at all.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ImbUJICZWJc/WYycn8-xfGI/AAAAAAAABrg/PxunPd_UM8gtMiFp0pqf6mXtAL-ARMiBwCLcBGAs/s1600/bg_img_kingdom_01a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="1000" height="352" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ImbUJICZWJc/WYycn8-xfGI/AAAAAAAABrg/PxunPd_UM8gtMiFp0pqf6mXtAL-ARMiBwCLcBGAs/s640/bg_img_kingdom_01a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Papillia. Image taken from&nbsp;<a href="http://dracco.myfilly.com/us/butterfly/kingdom/">http://dracco.myfilly.com/us/butterfly/kingdom/</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">However, other conceptual images of Papillia as it would appear in Filly Funtasia do show landscapes with cliffs, such as this:</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gaTeRhVCkfU/VZrwACghwhI/AAAAAAAABWU/wdQhE_bfZkg/s1600/381c7c5a2619ce8b33639f2e88d0425b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="618" data-original-width="1400" height="282" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gaTeRhVCkfU/VZrwACghwhI/AAAAAAAABWU/wdQhE_bfZkg/s1600/381c7c5a2619ce8b33639f2e88d0425b.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As seen in&nbsp;<a href="http://www.funtasiadaily.com/2015/07/filly-funtasia-early-development_7.html" style="font-size: 12.8px;">this article</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The concept art of the tower can easily fit into the crevice to the left. The concept art of the tower also indicates water in the background, which fits in with the waterfalls that flow out of the crevice.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-F3ieNm3bbIU/WYxqR5HH9yI/AAAAAAAABq0/ENuQm6i3U3YBgdsF0QU00ejfOG_JvMpZgCEwYBhgL/s1600/concept_art11b.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="541" data-original-width="895" height="386" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-F3ieNm3bbIU/WYxqR5HH9yI/AAAAAAAABq0/ENuQm6i3U3YBgdsF0QU00ejfOG_JvMpZgCEwYBhgL/s640/concept_art11b.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Finally, the third piece of concept art. This is a zoomed part of the previous image, giving us a better look at the architecture around the tower.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And that is all for today. Thank you for reading, and have a nice day.</div></div>Zejgarhttps://plus.google.com/116458490537303560853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789693831785365831.post-47284961854438236402017-07-31T23:26:00.000+02:002017-07-31T23:26:04.318+02:00New German Licensee for Filly, and Possible New ToylineIf you found <a href="http://www.funtasiadaily.com/2016/10/filling-you-in-1-whos-making-this-thing.html">our old rundown of the companies involved in Filly Funtasia</a> confusing, it's about to get even more confusing, because there's a new German toy manufacturer for Filly! According to <a href="http://www.lizenzbranche.de/DocPage.aspx?IzmLang=7&amp;DID=28992&amp;DIA=28992&amp;QSI=1&amp;OPS=1&amp;LUR=&amp;">a Brandora article</a> and <a href="https://dasspielzeug.de/Industrie/Goliath-mit-Dracco">an article by das Spielzug</a> (both articles are in German), Dracco has signed a deal with Goliath Toys. It comes into effect on the first of August, which is tomorrow at the time of this article's writing.<br /><br />Goliath will not only manufacture Filly toys, but also provide marketing for them within Germany. The articles also mention that they will not only provide marketing (and toy manufacturing, presumably) for the existing Filly Royale line, but also for two new toylines: Ballerina and Wedding. While we already know that there's <a href="http://www.funtasiadaily.com/2017/04/new-filly-toy-line-spotted-filly.html">a toy line called Ballerina</a> on its way, Wedding being referred to as a new toyline is a bit of a surprise, because there's already <a href="http://filly.wikia.com/wiki/Filly_Wedding_toy_line">a 2014 toy line called Filly Wedding</a>. Perhaps they mean that another expansion to it is coming - maybe featuring couples drawn from the two new toylines, Stars and Royale, that have been introduced since the release of its last expansion in late 2014, Filly Dream Wedding.<br /><br />While there is no mention of Filly Funtasia in the articles, this is at least a positive sign for the Filly toy line. Hopefully, we'll soon also get a sign of what has become of Filly Funtasia.Skundinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789693831785365831.post-2558079471082123732017-04-07T22:30:00.001+02:002017-04-07T22:30:10.690+02:00New Filly Toy Line Spotted: Filly Ballerina!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UqunflDJH5g/WOfQ88YSiyI/AAAAAAAABpg/cDFuCWGZR9IiiX6uKGPgj1IpHpBHDBHLwCLcB/s1600/round_and_round_we_all_go.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UqunflDJH5g/WOfQ88YSiyI/AAAAAAAABpg/cDFuCWGZR9IiiX6uKGPgj1IpHpBHDBHLwCLcB/s1600/round_and_round_we_all_go.jpg" /></a></div><br />After a few months of mostly silence on the toy side of the Filly, we finally get our first look at a new Filly toy line, known as <b>Filly Ballerina</b>.<br /><br /><a name='more'></a>Not much is known about Filly Ballerina at the moment, apart from the information found here:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.top-media.de/start/detail_normal.php?id=3903&amp;PIC=brandaktuell/080652-Filly-Ballerina-550.jpg"><b>http://www.top-media.de/start/detail_normal.php?id=3903&amp;PIC=brandaktuell/080652-Filly-Ballerina-550.jpg</b></a>. This page contains a few pieces of information, including the estimated time of arrival: Filly Ballerina is scheduled to arrive on the shelves in August 2017.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z0y8W9cCoyw/WOfZBVyWvkI/AAAAAAAABpw/tonPJUpjUyA8pEOS4Imv_WUjt0sYn1GWQCLcB/s1600/where_we_stop_nobody_knows.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z0y8W9cCoyw/WOfZBVyWvkI/AAAAAAAABpw/tonPJUpjUyA8pEOS4Imv_WUjt0sYn1GWQCLcB/s1600/where_we_stop_nobody_knows.PNG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Superlow-res image of the Ballerina Fillys</td></tr></tbody></table>The toy line promises to deliver 12 new Fillys - that's roughly half as much as other primary Filly toy lines, and is more comparable to spin-off lines, such as Filly Mermaids and Filly Wedding. The actual status of Filly Ballerina is unknown. It may be a successor to Filly Royale, or a spin-off line like the aforementioned Wedding and Mermaids.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-evKu-Ym7oLE/WOfdiuAXkII/AAAAAAAABqE/dRXgyx26AYEaxL31lzh008_jI1qvYmSsQCLcB/s1600/for_the_sake_of_the_song.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="248" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-evKu-Ym7oLE/WOfdiuAXkII/AAAAAAAABqE/dRXgyx26AYEaxL31lzh008_jI1qvYmSsQCLcB/s400/for_the_sake_of_the_song.PNG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Filly Royale vs. Filly Ballerina</td></tr></tbody></table>It seems like the art style has undergone slight changes! The most notable difference is the eyes, which look very different compared to the previous lines.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wB9uzNX_gj4/WOfZ2cxa0qI/AAAAAAAABp4/XQuW9K68y_skSQ8fxa2NRdnJwOPTVeX5ACLcB/s1600/heaven_meets_on_the_earth.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wB9uzNX_gj4/WOfZ2cxa0qI/AAAAAAAABp4/XQuW9K68y_skSQ8fxa2NRdnJwOPTVeX5ACLcB/s400/heaven_meets_on_the_earth.PNG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A really low-res QR code can also be seen</td></tr></tbody></table>Regarding the toys themselves, the text on the pack says "Exchangeable Balletina Tutu". This most likely means that each Filly's tutu can be detached and reattached to a different Filly - personally, I adore this feature, after being disappointed with the inability to detach the mantles of Witchy Fillys.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UqunflDJH5g/WOfQ88YSiyI/AAAAAAAABpk/5PlApgl98WE_dByUHSz7_ebJRK6YgXPWwCPcB/s1600/round_and_round_we_all_go.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="305" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UqunflDJH5g/WOfQ88YSiyI/AAAAAAAABpk/5PlApgl98WE_dByUHSz7_ebJRK6YgXPWwCPcB/s400/round_and_round_we_all_go.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />It should be noted that the background of this image reuses elements from some of the past Filly toy lines: the borders of the image are occupied by the purple butterflies, and the bottom-left corner shows the rainbow tree from Filly Butterfly; and the top of the image is graced with the Filly Rainbow - in the way it has appeared in most toy lines, although excluding, in particular, Filly Royale.<br /><br />And that's all the info we currently have! There is no website for Filly Ballerina yet (at least no public one), though it will probably appear closer to August.</div>Zejgarhttps://plus.google.com/116458490537303560853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789693831785365831.post-13351774615152040332017-04-01T16:27:00.001+02:002017-04-02T18:22:06.928+02:00Яростный привет от нашей хакерской бригады)))(April Fools 2017)<br /><br /><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-P5_I6WXn2gY/WN40snd7UVI/AAAAAAAABo4/q1_FFvJCVoQSSqr0iSy3pb-5rf7nJ0XPgCEw/s1600/uyutniy_medved.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-P5_I6WXn2gY/WN40snd7UVI/AAAAAAAABo4/q1_FFvJCVoQSSqr0iSy3pb-5rf7nJ0XPgCEw/s640/uyutniy_medved.PNG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif;">Здравствуйте, товарищи!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif;">Что-то у вас тут скучно. Обещаете нам тут, понимаешь, мультфильм о дружбе и доброте, а на деле одни только статьи о каких-то китайских и испанских компаниях. Капиталисты, что с вас взять! Одни только деньги на уме, да?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif;"></span></div><a name='more'></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif;">Но мы теперь должны это исправить. Мы взломали вам счет, и с его помощью хочу поделиться с вами замечательным мультфильмом: «Маша и Медведь». Сделали его нашими талантливыми соотечественниками из студии «Анимакон», и они, как и любая другая студия нашей великой страны, не ошибутся!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif;">Наш мультфильм учит здоровому и дружественному образу жизни, в котором счастье не нуждается в каких-либо иностранных брендах и других отбросах - главное, это друзья, друзья и пятилетний план реализации дружественных полномочий. Используя уникальный национальный метод построения сюжета, Маша и Медведь быстро научат даже самую юную аудиторию основам жизни: мыть руки перед едой, дружить с медведями, а также взламывать сайты и системы, представляющие опасность для великой родины! Ведь безопасность прежде всего. Этому, видимо, администраторы этого сайта не научились, раз нам потребовалось всего три человека и два часа.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-W-85sDPyFF4/WN43VaglrgI/AAAAAAAABpI/OmaXojLkyhsrIPFvou9Ri9jSd5TRwOL5wCLcB/s1600/zveri.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-W-85sDPyFF4/WN43VaglrgI/AAAAAAAABpI/OmaXojLkyhsrIPFvou9Ri9jSd5TRwOL5wCLcB/s640/zveri.PNG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif;">Если вы не хотите смотреть мультфильмы с человеческими персонажами (что только подчеркивает тот факт, что у вас мало, есть что-то человеческое), то обратите внимание на второстепенных персонажей этой карикатуры: вот зверь! В дополнение к вышесказанному медведя, есть другие звери на любой вкус.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1QWDthRo1e4/WN41nG3gblI/AAAAAAAABo8/QPY58R9_5PQOnPG_KoekMw1_cTuz0w-GgCEw/s1600/focus.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1QWDthRo1e4/WN41nG3gblI/AAAAAAAABo8/QPY58R9_5PQOnPG_KoekMw1_cTuz0w-GgCEw/s640/focus.PNG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif;">Хотите магии? Её есть у нас! Разумеется, она показана бесполезной и даже вредной, как и положено язычеству. В жизни нет места магии! Есть только вера в сообщество.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif;">Мы действительно хотим от души, продолжаем внедрять наш мультфильм в вашу жизнь, но в соответствии с нормами ПТиН 26-12-91 мы можем не раскрывать больше информации, чем нам разрешено. Хорошего вам дня, и я надеюсь, что следующие несколько лет будут для вас такими, какие должны.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif;">знак равно скобка закрывается</span></div></div>Zejgarhttps://plus.google.com/116458490537303560853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789693831785365831.post-3017121663067124052017-04-01T13:40:00.000+02:002017-04-02T18:21:50.403+02:00ЧТО?<br />(April Fools 2017)<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rka-9NqtQ4U/WN-P9EHFz4I/AAAAAAAAB2E/fIlKq0nT_KYAf3KKbN5dYPs49mPgb-lvwCLcB/s1600/filly%2Bforest%2Bin%2Bits%2Bnatural%2Benviroment.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="315" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rka-9NqtQ4U/WN-P9EHFz4I/AAAAAAAAB2E/fIlKq0nT_KYAf3KKbN5dYPs49mPgb-lvwCLcB/s320/filly%2Bforest%2Bin%2Bits%2Bnatural%2Benviroment.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Вид сверху, вертикальный и горизонтальный разрезы</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span class="" id="result_box" lang="ru"><span title="I decided to end my career criminals. ">Я решил закончить карьеру преступников.</span><span title="wut? "> </span><span title="Okay.">Хорошо. </span><span title="Yesterday something happened that I completely changed my lifestyle. ">Вчера случилось то, что я полностью изменил свой образ жизни. </span><span title="It will be fine. ">Все будет хорошо.</span></span><br /><span class="" id="result_box" lang="ru"><span title="It will be fine. "><br /></span><span title="I read an old belt from -89 Donald.">Я читал старый пояс от -89 Дональд. </span><span title="In the Genius flash Uncle Scrooge attach a string to two euro coins, so they can get lots of chewing gum from the gum Mojjo ... ">В Genius flash дядя Скрудж прикрепить строку к двум монетам евро, так что они могут получить много жевательной резинки от резинки Mojjo ...</span><span title="It seemed so easy.">Это казалось таким легким. </span><span title="Enkronan in mojjen stuffed, rolled rubber and then just again seized the crown ... ">Энкранан в моджене наполнил, свернул каучук, а потом снова схватил корону ...</span></span><br /><span class="" id="result_box" lang="ru"><span title="Enkronan in mojjen stuffed, rolled rubber and then just again seized the crown ... "></span></span><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><span title="I can not forget, I thought! ">Я не могу забыть, подумал я! </span><span title="So I call and say xT0r his plan.">Поэтому я звоню и говорю xT0r его план. </span><span title="After a while, open discussion, we are in a second off.">Через некоторое время, открыв дискуссию, мы уходим на второй план. </span><span title="xT0r coming and you have a plastic bottle and tie fault line * Fishing around the neck ... ">XT0r идет, и у вас есть пластиковая бутылка и линия разрыва галстука * Рыбалка на шее ...</span><br /><span class="" id="result_box" lang="ru"><span title="xT0r coming and you have a plastic bottle and tie fault line * Fishing around the neck ... "><br /></span><span title="I'm not kidding when I say that the line can pick up the beam övergödna elephants smooth. ">Я не шучу, когда говорю, что линия может подобрать пучок слонов гладкой.</span><span title="At the other end of the bar, which binds tightly to my index finger. ">На другом конце бара, который плотно прижимается к моему указательному пальцу.</span><span title="And soon we will drift to the ICA store around the corner .. ">И скоро мы будем дрейфовать в магазин ICA за углом ..</span></span><br /><span class="" id="result_box" lang="ru"><span title="And soon we will drift to the ICA store around the corner .. "><br /></span><span title="At the same time, I go and hums the song &quot;Money, Money, Money&quot; and continue to dream about what you do for all the money .. ">В то же время я хожу и напеваю песню «Деньги, деньги, деньги» и продолжаю мечтать о том, что вы делаете для всех денег. </span><span title="Down at the ICA, wait until we deplete at the entrance where the cars are hand. ">Вниз на ICA, подождите, пока мы не исчерпаем у входа, где находятся машины.</span></span><br /><span class="" id="result_box" lang="ru"><span title="Down at the ICA, wait until we deplete at the entrance where the cars are hand. "><br /></span><span title="Quick as the FA do to stop the machine PET bottle.">Быстро, как FA, чтобы остановить машину ПЭТ-бутылку. </span><span title="Yes, it goes into the machine. ">Да, он входит в машину.</span><span title="... but I soon discovered that the 15 cm line is not long enough, so I saw his hand a piece to the bottle to be recorded. ">... но вскоре я обнаружил, что 15-сантиметровая линия не достаточно длинная, поэтому я увидел, что его рука в бутылке для записи. </span><span title="... damn Uncle Scrooge .... ">... черт, дядя Скрудж ....</span></span><br /><span class="" id="result_box" lang="ru"><span title="... damn Uncle Scrooge .... "><br /></span><span title="Anyway.">Так или иначе. </span><span title="Bottled go through it, hurray, it can not retreat.">Бутылка проходит через это, ура, она не может отступить. </span><span title="I stood there with his hand in the machine, and will continue to release the line.">Я стоял, положив руку на машину, и продолжал выпускать линию. </span><span title="Believe me when I say that I was pulling so hard that I think your finger is off.">Поверьте мне, когда я говорю, что я так сильно тянул, что я думаю, что ваш палец выключен. </span><span title="But does it help?">Но помогает ли это? </span><span title="Nooooooo afterwards.">После этого нет. </span><span title="I sit still as Kikki Danielsson in quicksand. ">Я сижу как Кикки Даниэльссон в зыбучем песке.</span></span><br /><span class="" id="result_box" lang="ru"><span title="I sit still as Kikki Danielsson in quicksand. "><br /></span><span title="The machine beeps as the FA and oh yes .... will not be long before a person working in ICA.">Машина подает звуковой сигнал, как ФА и да, да ... недолго перед лицом, работающим в МЧА. </span><span title="When I look into your eyes out xT0r attack. ">Когда я смотрю тебе в глаза, атака xT0r.</span><span title=".... "><br /></span><span title="To make a long story short .. The eight employees, four small fish and disgusting junkie sewing circle consists of Bunte flabby old 80 year old lady stood around me and laugh when the police arrive alone to reduce the fishing line, ">Короче говоря. Восемь служащих, четыре маленьких рыбки и отвратительный круг шитья наркоманов состоят из Bunte вялой старой 80-летней леди, стоявшей вокруг меня и смеющейся, когда полиция прибывает одна, чтобы уменьшить леску, </span><span title="The finger was purple / green. ">Палец был пурпурно-зеленый.</span></span><br /><span class="" id="result_box" lang="ru"><span title="The finger was purple / green. "><br /></span><span title="But you have your four dollars a bottle?">Но у вас есть четыре доллара за бутылку?</span></span>Skundinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789693831785365831.post-9818135065627903082017-03-09T18:48:00.000+01:002017-03-09T18:48:32.570+01:00Funtasia Daily Discord ServerHello! Discord is all the rage nowadays, and we've decided to create a Discord server for Funtasia Daily. It's basically a chat room that you can access either online or through a client. Feel free to drop in and have a chat about Filly stuff!<br /><br />Click this link to get started: <a href="http://discord.gg/R2T5gac">discord.gg/R2T5gac</a><span id="goog_2037763136"></span><span id="goog_2037763137"></span>Skundinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789693831785365831.post-87018264397062823872017-02-07T19:58:00.000+01:002017-02-07T19:58:55.337+01:00Official Filly Website RelaunchFor a long time, Dracco has been running a website on <a href="http://filly.com/">filly.com</a> (and on myfilly.com) where you could create your own Filly and accessorise it with items bought with horseshoes that you could earn on the site or get by inputting a code that you received when buying toys. Well, a few days ago, it started redirecting to the Filly Stars toy site. (why that and not Royale?) We reached out to Dracco to find out what had happened, and received this reply:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SUBcNPiTJJA/WJoYqGp1XMI/AAAAAAAAB1g/JU5PKICReZw08p5V84CeuClj8JjTBevhgCLcB/s1600/goodbye%2Bhorse%2Bwebsites.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="205" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SUBcNPiTJJA/WJoYqGp1XMI/AAAAAAAAB1g/JU5PKICReZw08p5V84CeuClj8JjTBevhgCLcB/s320/goodbye%2Bhorse%2Bwebsites.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />It seems it will be replaced with a brand new website! Once it arrives, we'll certainly be writing more about it.Skundinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789693831785365831.post-87151757793206252552016-12-31T19:24:00.000+01:002016-12-31T19:24:52.380+01:00Fillywiki.com Shutdown<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SxUN59gFeQQ/WGfxqZAJaUI/AAAAAAAAB1M/ZEzDzjzEx4IXwcS4lirv6CCwx_duGuOawCLcB/s1600/fillywiki%2Blogo%2Bin%2Bcolor.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SxUN59gFeQQ/WGfxqZAJaUI/AAAAAAAAB1M/ZEzDzjzEx4IXwcS4lirv6CCwx_duGuOawCLcB/s1600/fillywiki%2Blogo%2Bin%2Bcolor.png" /></a></div><br />Hello everyone! The end of 2016 is upon us, and what better way to round off such a year than by shutting something down? Yes, the Wiki that I have been hosting on <a href="http://fillywiki.com/">fillywiki.com</a> for <a href="http://www.funtasiadaily.com/2015/08/filly-wiki-relaunch.html">some time</a> will be shut down at the end of January, one month from now. Intended to replace <a href="http://filly.wikia.com/">a Wiki hosted by Wikia</a> in order to provide a more certain admin structure and better possibilities for customization, it never became more popular than its more accessible and established counterpart and lately has stagnated completely.<br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br />Nevertheless, there were some contributions to the new Wiki. If you wish to retrieve these, there are a few options. The website itself will remain available for approximately another month. After that, your contributions can be retrieved in a few ways. I have made an XML backup of the articles, categories and templates used on the Wiki. It can be downloaded here: <a href="http://www.fillychan.com/fillywikiarticles.xml">http://www.fillychan.com/fillywikiarticles.xml</a><br /><br />I have also taken a backup of the images stored on the wiki which can be downloaded here: <a href="http://www.fillychan.com/fillywikiimages.zip">http://www.fillychan.com/fillywikiimages.zip</a> (Warning: 445MB file)<br /><br />I have also taken a backup of the code, addons, and the settings files used for the Wiki. If anyone wants to create a Wiki with similar functionality or a similar look and feel to what was used by this one, they can be provided upon request.<br /><br />I have also taken a complete database backup and a backup of the OS image for the server used to host the website. If it is ever decided that the old Wiki would be useful to revive, it can therefore be restored fairly quickly.<br /><br />I will retain ownership of the domain name. After the server is shut down, it will point for some time to a page explaining the shutdown (possibly this very article). After that, it will be repointed to the Wikia-hosted FillyWiki.<br /><br />Lastly, I want to ensure that although I'm shutting down one website, it doesn't mean that any of the other ones I host are in any trouble. The website being shut down turned out to not serve <a href="http://www.fillychan.com/fil/760/">any real community purpose</a>, but there is currently no avenue for discussion available to replace <a href="http://www.fillychan.com/">Fillychan</a>, which is why I intend to keep operating that. And of course, I intend to keep Funtasia Daily up indefinitely regardless of what happens to the Filly franchise as it is in my opinion the best source for anyone wanting to learn about the development process of Filly Funtasia.<br /><br />Well, I think that is all that there is to say about this situation. I hope you have a happy new year. We'll be back with some more positive news soon.Skundinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789693831785365831.post-79336468319419529862016-12-24T12:44:00.000+01:002016-12-31T19:25:04.552+01:00Merry Christmas<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3VcC9eTNU4s" width="560"></iframe>Skundinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789693831785365831.post-4779619264069469442016-12-21T17:07:00.000+01:002016-12-22T12:13:05.501+01:00Dracco Releases a Bunch of Slide Puzzle Apps - Filly Included!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sT4-_mIKMNE/WFpz-Qk9IaI/AAAAAAAABlA/Ynf5JzIhRy03r-lGDLymYlzoROhI43RqwCLcB/s1600/filly1.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="192" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sT4-_mIKMNE/WFpz-Qk9IaI/AAAAAAAABlA/Ynf5JzIhRy03r-lGDLymYlzoROhI43RqwCLcB/s640/filly1.PNG" width="640" /></a></div><br />Throughout this year, Dracco have released <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-56BFmpZReUw/WFqkUVRFudI/AAAAAAAABoE/lSORy_CFFX88mNrYR_qlha-fNts1qYLcACEw/s1600/filly1.PNG">around four dozen applications</a> on the Google Play store. Most of them are small collections of 5x5 slide puzzles related to different Dracco brands. In November and December, however, Dracco released five slide puzzle apps themed after Filly and Filly Funtasia.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X-5iYuBEBDw/WFqlKihO--I/AAAAAAAABoI/tv5bXDCxugUemRs40YL9n0lzeeh2ucv5wCLcB/s1600/filly1.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X-5iYuBEBDw/WFqlKihO--I/AAAAAAAABoI/tv5bXDCxugUemRs40YL9n0lzeeh2ucv5wCLcB/s400/filly1.PNG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A typical screencap of a Slide Puzzle app</td></tr></tbody></table>While they're nowhere near as spanning as Filly Witchy's Witchy Adventure or even Filly Cupcake Shop, the puzzle images contained within them uncover slightly more information about the upcoming show. In this article, we will take a look at the five apps one by one and discuss the images.<br /><a name='more'></a><h3 style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</h3><h2 style="text-align: center;">Battiwigs Slide Puzzle</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bwoVMcwuiGM/WFp32blCYtI/AAAAAAAABlM/Gmy2B6Mfl4sNg5hm4m6hCq0ZMlvIHxPpwCLcB/s1600/filly1.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="128" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bwoVMcwuiGM/WFp32blCYtI/AAAAAAAABlM/Gmy2B6Mfl4sNg5hm4m6hCq0ZMlvIHxPpwCLcB/s640/filly1.PNG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">The Battiwigs app offers the least amount of information, since all five images are essentially the same image of Battiwigs, albeit with differently coloured backgrounds. The bat appears in the same pose as he does in a number of other Filly Funtasia promotional material, such as the header image of the official website:</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PKHqzCK68jk/WFp4pCNiNCI/AAAAAAAABlQ/KRhLsu4LTHYUiahEFDqfn0eona_he1k9ACLcB/s1600/filly1.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="245" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PKHqzCK68jk/WFp4pCNiNCI/AAAAAAAABlQ/KRhLsu4LTHYUiahEFDqfn0eona_he1k9ACLcB/s400/filly1.PNG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As seen on <a href="http://www.dracconews.com/home">http://www.dracconews.com/home</a></td></tr></tbody></table><h3 style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</h3><h2 style="text-align: center;">Papillia Slide Puzzle</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-clrt4Q8GqCc/WFp71Qha2SI/AAAAAAAABlw/D_NtCSsLk8gwTZNkq2J9v0C_crJc23uZACLcB/s1600/filly1.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="128" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-clrt4Q8GqCc/WFp71Qha2SI/AAAAAAAABlw/D_NtCSsLk8gwTZNkq2J9v0C_crJc23uZACLcB/s640/filly1.PNG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;">Even though the name of the app suggests that it contains images of Papillia (from Filly Butterfly), what is actually inside the game is a collection of images of Zimsala (from Filly Witchy).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The appearance of the images may seem familiar - these are the backgrounds from another Filly app, Filly Witchy's Witchy Adventure. It also appears that these images were made directly out of the backgrounds, as they lack features that appeared in Witchy Adventure and weren't drawn into the backgrounds, such as the blades of the Windmill:</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-o4CHbI1yae4/WFp7XtAMQEI/AAAAAAAABls/OMlXpJyoglg2ACtcXUXee6zRJKDfhmXPQCLcB/s1600/filly1.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-o4CHbI1yae4/WFp7XtAMQEI/AAAAAAAABls/OMlXpJyoglg2ACtcXUXee6zRJKDfhmXPQCLcB/s400/filly1.PNG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Left: Puzzle image, right: Witchy Adventure screencap</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;">The reason why a set of Zimsala images is called "Papillia" is unknown. This mistake may have been made from the surface level understanding of the Filly setting: Papillia having more exposure in Filly Funtasia (being the setting for one of its specials, Filly Butterfly) than Zimsala, Zimsala having more imagery than Papillia, and both Zimsala and Papillia being Filly kingdoms, from toylines released within a year of each other.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">A similar mistake is made in the next application.</div><h3 style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</h3><h2 style="text-align: center;">Crystalia Slide Puzzle</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HD-UfJM_v5g/WFp_NgMpHfI/AAAAAAAABmA/CNztBp1oTMgq32IaIpAJKhgmzc4dnFmRwCLcB/s1600/filly1.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="128" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HD-UfJM_v5g/WFp_NgMpHfI/AAAAAAAABmA/CNztBp1oTMgq32IaIpAJKhgmzc4dnFmRwCLcB/s640/filly1.PNG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">This game contains five images of the Royal Magic Academy, but claims that it's actually Crystalia! Apart from the fact that both of these places are ruled Princess Sparkle, there is barely anything in common between the Academy and the Filly Unicorn kingdom.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The images themselves show the same shot of the Academy with different graphical filters applied. The only exception is the nighttime image - it appears to share the sketch with the other four images, but the painting itself is different. It's easy to notice by the highlights, which cannot be produced by a simple filter.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3dVCIfV8wVs/WFqAnFnRIzI/AAAAAAAABmM/mcHUaPLBX4o2Ss2HE6dLuuOzpNHTz65bQCLcB/s1600/filly1.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3dVCIfV8wVs/WFqAnFnRIzI/AAAAAAAABmM/mcHUaPLBX4o2Ss2HE6dLuuOzpNHTz65bQCLcB/s400/filly1.PNG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Daytime and nighttime</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><h3 style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</h3><h2 style="text-align: center;">Wranglum Slide Puzzle</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-e_58aFKBJH8/WFp5ihWyNcI/AAAAAAAABlk/gMposFJs4lkinHhEkc-eBlUCguSJD_53wCEw/s1600/filly1.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="128" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-e_58aFKBJH8/WFp5ihWyNcI/AAAAAAAABlk/gMposFJs4lkinHhEkc-eBlUCguSJD_53wCEw/s640/filly1.PNG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">The first real appearance of something new: this app features Wranglum's face! So far we've seen Wranglum only in purple colours, but these images show four more colours: pink, yellow, green and blue. Together with the old purple, these colours follow the colours of the Filly Rainbow as it appears in Filly Royale, though it might just be a coincidence.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Behind Wranglum, we can see the walls of his hideout: full pipes and machinery. Notably, there is no dark mirror - the faces just hover in the air. It may be a liberty taken by the app (as we've seen, these apps are not afraid of taking liberties with the source material), or may be an indication that Wranglum is not as heavily bound to the mirror. Perhaps he has the ability to project his face into the air near the mirror?</div><h3 style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</h3><h2 style="text-align: center;">Funtasia Slide Puzzle</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ktDuuOUiYGs/WFqDSIcJxRI/AAAAAAAABmY/fN6EI81XxMYWaG-MJeFhJDENArQ5vp7pwCLcB/s1600/filly1.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="128" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ktDuuOUiYGs/WFqDSIcJxRI/AAAAAAAABmY/fN6EI81XxMYWaG-MJeFhJDENArQ5vp7pwCLcB/s640/filly1.PNG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">The last but by no means the least app is themed after Filly Funtasia as a whole: each image in this game is a frame from the show, and some of them look fairly new! Let us look at them one by one.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kuEIecNPTPc/WFqDqEhTOPI/AAAAAAAABmc/dF2bQCZyRpYYNmujJ6uQgBJOS7fgAOqRwCLcB/s1600/filly1.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kuEIecNPTPc/WFqDqEhTOPI/AAAAAAAABmc/dF2bQCZyRpYYNmujJ6uQgBJOS7fgAOqRwCLcB/s1600/filly1.PNG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">An image of Rose raising her hoof in the classroom. This scene has already appeared in promo 3 and promo 5, though this image is much closer to the promo 5 version.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8KxX9zQLQS8/WFqFBU8VNNI/AAAAAAAABms/J84eqHh61PcR3zRoY6ER5jSkjCpjvjMbgCLcB/s1600/filly1.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8KxX9zQLQS8/WFqFBU8VNNI/AAAAAAAABms/J84eqHh61PcR3zRoY6ER5jSkjCpjvjMbgCLcB/s640/filly1.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From left to right: Promo 3, Slide Puzzle, Promo 5</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lSQtVSShMJw/WFqFYPlAjzI/AAAAAAAABmw/7p3CMkDUFvotIRyjiFIMFf0aj7rPAe2NQCLcB/s1600/filly1.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lSQtVSShMJw/WFqFYPlAjzI/AAAAAAAABmw/7p3CMkDUFvotIRyjiFIMFf0aj7rPAe2NQCLcB/s1600/filly1.PNG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">An image of an amused Lynn in a dark forest. This shot has not been seen anywhere before, though it is probably from the scene where Rose and Lynn meet each other in the forest, as seen in promo 3.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-H2PibCLIMss/WFqF3ZHHUII/AAAAAAAABm0/iCMLMfbFdZoUm8ACc731xgR7sOWaqFGwwCLcB/s1600/filly1.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-H2PibCLIMss/WFqF3ZHHUII/AAAAAAAABm0/iCMLMfbFdZoUm8ACc731xgR7sOWaqFGwwCLcB/s640/filly1.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Witchy, the grass, and even the tree truck match!</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jajcYD66wxQ/WFqGQtk_DZI/AAAAAAAABm8/S1L3aG4DwYs68mjuVXcgyuUpF3duae_lgCLcB/s1600/filly1.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jajcYD66wxQ/WFqGQtk_DZI/AAAAAAAABm8/S1L3aG4DwYs68mjuVXcgyuUpF3duae_lgCLcB/s1600/filly1.PNG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">The cave scene from promo 3 and promo 4 returns again. Not much to say about this one, other than, like the first image, it seems to be based on the more recent version of this scene.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QpOLuB-Uj2A/WFqHn1Bx3ZI/AAAAAAAABnE/lnjWPguYe_wFGG8L2WhUKnyfuQx0BGhkACLcB/s1600/filly1.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QpOLuB-Uj2A/WFqHn1Bx3ZI/AAAAAAAABnE/lnjWPguYe_wFGG8L2WhUKnyfuQx0BGhkACLcB/s640/filly1.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Left: promo 3, right: promo 4. The main giveaway is the green fog in the background.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jz7JnKIderA/WFqH76WroDI/AAAAAAAABnM/OuiiXW0TrYof91mYTMtQsdYfw7O5eYbywCLcB/s1600/filly1.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jz7JnKIderA/WFqH76WroDI/AAAAAAAABnM/OuiiXW0TrYof91mYTMtQsdYfw7O5eYbywCLcB/s1600/filly1.PNG" /></a></div>In contrast to the second image, here we have a terrified Lynn in a dark forest! Judging by the composition of the shot, Lynn is looking at an oddly-shaped tree branch that is located right next to the camera, between it and Lynn. The Witchy has probably mistaken it for a reaching arm or something else. This image is most likely based on the scene from promo 3 where Lynn is running like mad through the gloom environment.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gpR8IL5QrJE/WFqIjL0VGsI/AAAAAAAABnU/tODB7EV4hnYAaooilZ0hf47QW9yCgWMigCLcB/s1600/filly1.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gpR8IL5QrJE/WFqIjL0VGsI/AAAAAAAABnU/tODB7EV4hnYAaooilZ0hf47QW9yCgWMigCLcB/s640/filly1.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the lookout for more snatchy hands</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UhbeEkAf8rU/WFqKMw4uBQI/AAAAAAAABnk/pQrPkkU_iLcTXNKjVP_pUZl7teMTf9XigCLcB/s1600/filly1.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UhbeEkAf8rU/WFqKMw4uBQI/AAAAAAAABnk/pQrPkkU_iLcTXNKjVP_pUZl7teMTf9XigCLcB/s1600/filly1.PNG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">The last image in the collection, here we can see Battiwgs and Wranglum on the top of an open chest, looking down at glowing crystals. This scene is very similar to a scene from promo 3, where both the wizard and the bat fall into the chest.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OATou22GON4/WFqLdyXSH0I/AAAAAAAABnw/XiMCUh01AhsdYe84dwAYU949ZTUp-8ZGACLcB/s1600/filly1.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OATou22GON4/WFqLdyXSH0I/AAAAAAAABnw/XiMCUh01AhsdYe84dwAYU949ZTUp-8ZGACLcB/s640/filly1.PNG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hfqZgyTZDAw/WFqK8ug--fI/AAAAAAAABns/-nSoWYorZe0qhzg0uZXi-EvVZfLHITznwCEw/s1600/filly1.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hfqZgyTZDAw/WFqK8ug--fI/AAAAAAAABns/-nSoWYorZe0qhzg0uZXi-EvVZfLHITznwCEw/s640/filly1.PNG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;">The app image most likely happens before the scenes seen in promo 3 (if it's even the same series of scenes): they observe the crystals from above, probably discuss what they are going to do with the crystals, and then both fall face first into them after Batti loses his balance.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So what do these Filly Funtasia puzzle apps from Dracco mean? Some of them were released on the 19th of December, two days ago. After seeing BRB delete any and all mention of Filly Funtasia from their websites, it's nice to see Dracco push something Funtasia-related out into the world - it shows that they still acknowledge the existence of the series. And after a complete lack of information and one faintly reassuring Facebook message, this is a fine enough treat for me.</div></div>Zejgarhttps://plus.google.com/116458490537303560853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789693831785365831.post-88696287952003754642016-11-27T02:15:00.001+01:002016-11-27T02:36:48.946+01:00Screen21 InterviewFinally a video with some new Filly Funtasia material! Well, it's not really that new since it was uploaded almost half a year ago, and it's not a promo - it's an interview with Toni García, creative director of Screen21. However, you can see some never before seen Filly Funtasia material in the background of the interview. Let's take a look at it!<br /><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mAlaVmQJgB8" width="560"></iframe></div><br /><br />First, let's begin by a disclaimer: I don't speak Spanish. Therefore, I won't try to analyze what he's actually saying in the video since I can't really understand anything. If you speak Spanish, please watch the video, and if they're saying anything interesting related to Filly Funtasia, please let us know in the comments.<br /><br />Where is this video from? Well, it was uploaded on the YouTube channel of L'Idem Barcelona which is a creative arts school. The video seems like it's directed at the students of said school. The video description itself doesn't mention Filly Funtasia which made it hard to find.&nbsp; <br /><br />The first Filly Funtasia sighting is right in the beginning of the video - he's standing in front of a wall filled with concept art for BRB shows, and there's a few pieces of Filly Funtasia concept art directly to the left of him. (screen left, not his left)<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-F6LIqAPCDlE/WDn8yztdrPI/AAAAAAAABzU/QOLJH42Wim4VfpEWBsuFcwh1yT_xmqJcQCLcB/s1600/Conc%2Bart.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-F6LIqAPCDlE/WDn8yztdrPI/AAAAAAAABzU/QOLJH42Wim4VfpEWBsuFcwh1yT_xmqJcQCLcB/s640/Conc%2Bart.png" width="640" /></a><br /><br />There's five concept art prints which are identifiable as Filly. Two of them are fairly visible - one featuring Rose and the other featuring Bijou, the owl. Then there are three more which are hard to make out as they are so very blurry.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UUbrLzo5FJk/WDn9mzx5ekI/AAAAAAAABzY/VBNChxy9DJwV7QCpvyBgyP8CIRkdeqnLgCLcB/s1600/bijou%2Bcomp.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="244" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UUbrLzo5FJk/WDn9mzx5ekI/AAAAAAAABzY/VBNChxy9DJwV7QCpvyBgyP8CIRkdeqnLgCLcB/s640/bijou%2Bcomp.png" width="640" /></a></div><br />We've posted a set of Bijou poses in a <a href="http://www.funtasiadaily.com/2016/06/filly-funtasia-concept-art-spoilers_18.html">previous concept art article</a>, and one of the poses does seem very similar between the two sets - the one where Bijou sits on a branch. The main difference is that the previously posted version featured a little dust cloud. The rest of the poses appear unique.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6B61XhOzH-g/WDn-SlKyUVI/AAAAAAAABzc/Qd-ZTdkzwjQfWAjxZrQJ76W3yZPypRHYQCLcB/s1600/rose%2Bpose.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="446" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6B61XhOzH-g/WDn-SlKyUVI/AAAAAAAABzc/Qd-ZTdkzwjQfWAjxZrQJ76W3yZPypRHYQCLcB/s640/rose%2Bpose.png" width="640" /></a></div><br />Below that, we have five Rose poses showcasing various emotions. As far as I know, they're all new. For some reason, Rose doesn't have a horn. (Despite the lack of horn, the crown shape together with the tail flowers and general style matches what we usually see in Rose drawings.)<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-icukD31hLSE/WDn-ndTUYSI/AAAAAAAABzg/cYT-7XPydMIRRpEg3L7gU-QiwS4Ty3JmgCLcB/s1600/2fils2blurry4me.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-icukD31hLSE/WDn-ndTUYSI/AAAAAAAABzg/cYT-7XPydMIRRpEg3L7gU-QiwS4Ty3JmgCLcB/s640/2fils2blurry4me.png" width="640" /></a></div><br />Then, there's the three blurry ones. This is probably the one where you can make out the most details. The concept art page shows two different poses for a pair of Fillys - one where they stand next to each other and one where one of them is whispering something in the other's ear. I can't make out who these Fillys are. The one on the left may possibly be a Fairy since the crown type kind of looks right, but it's way too blurry to be sure.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1TCqfGeZIOc/WDn_GCGLfwI/AAAAAAAABzo/IWw9nL3gsX4DRr5YE1E1Oq6bPkzkguZFgCLcB/s1600/filblur.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1TCqfGeZIOc/WDn_GCGLfwI/AAAAAAAABzo/IWw9nL3gsX4DRr5YE1E1Oq6bPkzkguZFgCLcB/s640/filblur.png" width="256" /></a></div><br />Next, let's take a quick look at the one at the bottom left. Here's a Filly in a standing pose and a pose which kind of makes it look like her mirror has just been dropped. Due to a lack of a horn, wings, crown wings, cape and hat, this Filly looks like a Princess/Royale Filly. (Unless these features were removed just like Rose's horn.) While the drawing is very blurry and the hair doesn't quite match, the closest resemblance I can find is the recurring promo background character Melody as the crown shape seems about right.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jYcR7LPtJIQ/WDoEOpQ9dwI/AAAAAAAABz8/ylqsbIP8RFwWdE5U_LBpb8CshQCeNYHswCLcB/s1600/Melody-filly-funtasia-39877027-384-736.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jYcR7LPtJIQ/WDoEOpQ9dwI/AAAAAAAABz8/ylqsbIP8RFwWdE5U_LBpb8CshQCeNYHswCLcB/s320/Melody-filly-funtasia-39877027-384-736.png" width="166" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Finally, let's take a look at the last and least detailed one.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/--1b2z6U5Ox8/WDoEnHM7SLI/AAAAAAAAB0A/kzcx52PMgtQmlPV49DbzqTUUFIgzT2HWwCLcB/s1600/y%2Bhelo%2Bthar%2Bfily.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/--1b2z6U5Ox8/WDoEnHM7SLI/AAAAAAAAB0A/kzcx52PMgtQmlPV49DbzqTUUFIgzT2HWwCLcB/s1600/y%2Bhelo%2Bthar%2Bfily.png" /></a></div><br />A Unicorn! The blur is at max strength here, but it kind of looks like yet another Rose, but with her horn this time. But it's really way too blurry to be sure.<br /><br />From 00:28 to 00:41, they show a sequence of clips from Promo 5, but with a BRB watermark as well as a Filly Funtasia watermark. This sequence is most identical to the <a href="http://www.funtasiadaily.com/2016/03/filly-funtasia-promo-5-rundown.html">initial short version</a> of Promo 5 that was released before we got the full sequence, except that this sequence has been shortened even more.<br /><br />Then, at about 01:26, we get to this scene:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-P3nUxTLOJrY/WDoPdKrPfoI/AAAAAAAAB0U/f5lMTWXAyfYyB7e6wVukZlgAP00G4KujACLcB/s1600/vi%2Bsitter%2Bh%25C3%25A4r%2Bi%2Bventen%2Bo%2Britar%2Blite%2Bhestar.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-P3nUxTLOJrY/WDoPdKrPfoI/AAAAAAAAB0U/f5lMTWXAyfYyB7e6wVukZlgAP00G4KujACLcB/s640/vi%2Bsitter%2Bh%25C3%25A4r%2Bi%2Bventen%2Bo%2Britar%2Blite%2Bhestar.png" width="640" /></a></div><br />The artwork for the Filly five seems to be the same artwork as in the <a href="http://www.funtasiadaily.com/2016/09/filly-funtasia-promotional-synopses.html">promotional synopses document</a> we've posted about. However, while the text is too low res to be readable, it seems to be different from the text on the promotional slides based on the number of rows of text. The artwork for Batti and Wranglum does not seem to match the slides.<br /><br />Then, at 02:05, we get to this:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6j3MK6WAQ24/WDoRF3y4ovI/AAAAAAAAB0g/yMBaoZCcc3cQrYHJ7PZ64wEyWxdPUvzLwCLcB/s1600/nice%2Btablet.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6j3MK6WAQ24/WDoRF3y4ovI/AAAAAAAAB0g/yMBaoZCcc3cQrYHJ7PZ64wEyWxdPUvzLwCLcB/s640/nice%2Btablet.png" width="640" /></a></div><br />To the right, he's drawing the "master curator" that we've <a href="http://www.funtasiadaily.com/2016/06/filly-funtasia-concept-art-spoilers_18.html">previously seen in concept art</a> with Photoshop and a drawing pad, while the left has a reference image and a still image from finished Filly Funtasia animation! Let's zoom in a bit on two different angles of it.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aRzpqO7v0AM/WDoS0cjWN7I/AAAAAAAAB0s/Q4gao3hZpDcwqiOqloeAQkJ0yTp1HaCQACLcB/s1600/fabian%2Bpls.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aRzpqO7v0AM/WDoS0cjWN7I/AAAAAAAAB0s/Q4gao3hZpDcwqiOqloeAQkJ0yTp1HaCQACLcB/s1600/fabian%2Bpls.png" /></a></div><br />While we've never seen this exact shot in any of the promos, we have seen this hallway before. Note the purple mosaic which is a hallmark of this hallway.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GXsHIg-hGaQ/WDonedPaJmI/AAAAAAAAB08/XmJ2hXX5IFUDhGVUlmrDM22ZS14nAHBLwCLcB/s1600/you%2Bdelayed%2Bus%2Bhow%2Bmuch.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GXsHIg-hGaQ/WDonedPaJmI/AAAAAAAAB08/XmJ2hXX5IFUDhGVUlmrDM22ZS14nAHBLwCLcB/s640/you%2Bdelayed%2Bus%2Bhow%2Bmuch.png" width="640" /></a></div><br />So what does this video give us? Well, while it gives us a very limited amount of new Filly Funtasia information, it does show us that BRB and its animation studio Screen21 still acknowledged Filly Funtasia at the time that the video was filmed. It was uploaded on 3 June 2016, but it might have been filmed quite a bit earlier than that - unfortunately there seems to be no way of knowing when exactly it was filmed. They film computer taskbars a few times which appear to feature dates, but the numbers look like they're way too blurry to be legible.Skundinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789693831785365831.post-46612983158971364972016-11-24T20:46:00.000+01:002016-11-24T21:00:52.355+01:00Filly Funtasia's "New Status"Looks like Filly Funtasia might not be cancelled after all! Dracco has recently begun responding to queries about Filly Funtasia through their MyFilly account with a message:<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UjQaO4EiM60/WDc2DAt71YI/AAAAAAAAByg/mFkPDV-9N-EoyY1PiXLASkEeznVmXUNZwCLcB/s1600/MyFilly.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UjQaO4EiM60/WDc2DAt71YI/AAAAAAAAByg/mFkPDV-9N-EoyY1PiXLASkEeznVmXUNZwCLcB/s1600/MyFilly.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nice</td></tr></tbody></table>As you may notice, the answer doesn't really match the question. That's because this seems to be the answer they respond with to every Filly Funtasia-related question right now, according to the conversations people have shown us. It appears that this statement is all that they are willing to (or able to) give us right now, so please don't go flooding their account with questions.<br /><br />So Dracco is still working on Filly Funtasia according to their Facebook page - and they will announce a "new information and status". Now, this could mean a lot of things, but "new status" makes it sound like some large change has occurred. Meanwhile, a few things have also happened on BRB's end:<br /><a name='more'></a><br />Their <a href="http://www.funtasiadaily.com/2016/11/brbs-filly-funtasia-videos-now-private.html">long</a>, <a href="http://www.funtasiadaily.com/2016/11/filly-funtasia-removed-from-screen21s.html">slow</a> <a href="http://www.funtasiadaily.com/2016/11/brb-still-revealing-nothing-about-filly.html">process</a> of <a href="http://www.funtasiadaily.com/2016/11/removal-of-filly-funtasia-from-brbs.html">removing</a> Filly Funtasia <a href="http://www.funtasiadaily.com/2016/10/zack-wheres-promo.html">material</a> continues. First of all, BRB has replaced the banner image that they used on their Facebook, Twitter and YouTube pages.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XkSciFYvcus/WDc3zked2AI/AAAAAAAABys/-sSHDZJvfPUH9MQOs8IXGNz36Y1PSuiaACLcB/s1600/1961012_614438228605931_1308856804_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XkSciFYvcus/WDc3zked2AI/AAAAAAAABys/-sSHDZJvfPUH9MQOs8IXGNz36Y1PSuiaACLcB/s640/1961012_614438228605931_1308856804_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The old banner</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IMV-q9y0dVA/WDc31YWBMTI/AAAAAAAAByw/vnRQMSHKUrcLvpYNjkWZG1zaFs_tC7B9QCLcB/s1600/14993483_1114065128643236_432266471580366774_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="242" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IMV-q9y0dVA/WDc31YWBMTI/AAAAAAAAByw/vnRQMSHKUrcLvpYNjkWZG1zaFs_tC7B9QCLcB/s640/14993483_1114065128643236_432266471580366774_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The new banner</td></tr></tbody></table>The new one has decidedly less horse in it. They also used the old banner on their <a href="http://brbinternacional.tumblr.com/">tumblr page</a> which had not been updated in a long time and which has been delinked from their website for at least a year now. When I pointed out to them that they had forgotten to update the banner on their tumblr, they responded by deleting their tumblr entirely. Come on, that was a bit of an overreaction.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OltAWSGYmpg/WDc6iPXpi1I/AAAAAAAABy8/xPuf1vSfN3oCCyqx0yAqsj_-SkowkVh1ACLcB/s1600/no%2Bfilfun.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="166" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OltAWSGYmpg/WDc6iPXpi1I/AAAAAAAABy8/xPuf1vSfN3oCCyqx0yAqsj_-SkowkVh1ACLcB/s640/no%2Bfilfun.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Click the image for high res</td></tr></tbody></table>They have also made a change to the text on their <a href="http://www.brb.es/en/about-us">About Page</a> - removing Filly Funtasia from a list of shows&nbsp; they're working on. Okay, that has to unambiguously mean that they're most likely not working on it anymore. While one can think up alternate explanations for all the other removals, I really can't come up with any good reason to conduct this particular removal if they are indeed still working on Filly Funtasia.<br /><br />Lastly, I want to finish this article by discussing something pointed out to me <a href="https://twitter.com/gr3yf3ath3r/status/801536795011936257">on Twitter</a> (and <a href="http://www.fillychan.com/ccc/757/">on Fillychan</a>) by Aurelicornus - that BRB was supposed to manage the rights to Filly in Spain (and also, in Portugal):<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BSQqLG_XrCA/WDc84apLf-I/AAAAAAAABzE/39zVVPWjqAITnbXFPqKWyJv-OfXuuvvvgCLcB/s1600/treaty%2Bof%2Btordefillas.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="142" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BSQqLG_XrCA/WDc84apLf-I/AAAAAAAABzE/39zVVPWjqAITnbXFPqKWyJv-OfXuuvvvgCLcB/s640/treaty%2Bof%2Btordefillas.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Go read the <a href="http://www.brb.es/en/news/filly-funtasia-show-first-series-episodes-mip-jr-and-mipcom-early-october">source article</a> before it's deleted.</td></tr></tbody></table>And as we pointed out in <a href="http://www.funtasiadaily.com/2016/10/filling-you-in-1-whos-making-this-thing.html">FYI #1</a>, the breaking of the Simba-Dracco licensing agreement meant that Filly disappeared from several markets - one of them being Sweden, as I experienced personally. Were the two Iberian countries also affected similarly? If they were, those rights in Spain and Portugal would then likely become less valuable which might possibly be a contributing factor for why BRB might want to pull out of the deal if Filly has failed to re-enter that market.<br /><br />Is the "new status" of Filly Funtasia that the production company is being replaced? Perhaps, replaced by a company situated in a country where Filly is still doing well? Maybe even one that wants a similar deal to the one BRB was offered? We can't really know that since this is all wild speculation at this point, but a hint to finding out what country production of Filly Funtasia might potentially be restarted in would be to find out how well the Filly toys are selling in different countries. (And finding out how sales in Iberia are doing would provide evidence for or against the hypothesis we've talked about above.) We've been unable to find any statistics relating to the sale of Filly outside Germany, and that's why we're asking for your help.<br /><br />What is the Filly situation like in your part of the world? Have you seen Filly toys in stores? A lot, or just a few? Are there Filly toys for sale in your country's major online toy retailers? Please let us know in the comments!Skundinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789693831785365831.post-76700347373978195282016-11-23T21:25:00.000+01:002016-11-23T21:33:37.567+01:00The Next Filly ToylineWe've focused awfully much on the woes of the Filly Funtasia show lately. Let's take some time to talk about the Filly toyline which at this point still seems to be on track. As we've written about in our <a href="http://www.funtasiadaily.com/search/label/FYI">FYI series</a>, a new major Filly toyline has been released once each year for a long time, and it's typically released quite early in the year. That means that we can expect to see a new Filly toyline in a few months time. Now, while we can't really know what exactly that toyline might be, we have a feeling that they're going to remake Filly Fairy. Let's take a look at why they might do that.<br /><br /><a name='more'></a>If they were indeed to remake Filly Fairy, it would be the second toyline in a row that is a remake. Filly Royale was a remake of Filly Princess, but it wasn't just a lazy reissue! No, instead the characters were updated (notably, in Cedric's case, his bio was updated to more closely reflect his Filly Funtasia personality), the general look of the toyline was updated, and the lore was altered in a way that more closely matched the more modern Filly toylines. So why another such remake?<br /><br />The first two Filly toylines were Filly Forest and Filly Beach Party!! - these two toylines appear to be considered entirely non-canon at this point and no characters from them appear in Filly Funtasia. The two next toylines are Filly Princess and Filly Fairy. After that comes Filly Unicorn, which in many ways provided a template for all future Filly toylines. While Filly Princess takes place in "The Filly Kingdom" which was possibly intended to be the name of the entire Filly setting and Filly Fairy takes place in "The Magical Land" which was located in a secret place within The Filly Kingdom, Filly Unicorn takes place in Crystalia, which is clearly defined as a separate location within a larger Filly world, an idea that future toylines would follow.<br /><br />Filly Unicorn also introduces many other features which would become standard in Filly - the large family tree is replaced by a Filly rainbow where the Fillys are grouped into families of five (or six) colors: Pink, Dark Pink, Yellow, Green, Blue, as well as a Special family. This would continue through all future toylines with some changes in what the colors represent. It's also the first toyline to firmly the fantasy setting of Filly. There's no rampant real world references like in Princess, and unlike in Fairy where the characters are referred to as both "horses" and "ponies", Unicorn establishes that the characters are Fillys and nothing else. Finally, it also introduced crystals to the design of Filly which would later become part of the <a href="http://www.funtasiadaily.com/2016/09/filly-funtasia-promotional-synopses.html">Filly Funtasia concept of "crystal powers"</a>.<br /><br />When Filly Princess was remade into Filly Royale, all of things things mentioned above were updated to fit the canon established in Filly Unicorn. The Fillys of Royale were grouped into six families like the other modern toylines. Also, the story was changed to take place in Royalia, a clearly defined kingdom in the Filly world. Considering how Royale-Cedric's bio is closer to his Filly Funtasia personality than Princess-Cedric, it wouldn't be too far-fetched to guess that Filly Royale has replaced Filly Princess as the canon toy representation of Cedric and any other characters that originated in Filly Princess for the purpose of Filly Funtasia.<br /><br />If that is the case, that leaves us with only one pre-Unicorn toyline that is still canon for the purpose of Filly Funtasia - Filly Fairy. Remaking it to bring it in line with the other toylines that are featured in Filly Funtasia would solve any possible continuity problems posed by Filly Fairy.<br /><br />Now, this is all a bunch of speculation, so let's take a look at the small pieces of evidence that we have. If one takes a look at the trademark registrations made by Dracco Brands, which is Dracco's intellectual property holding company (which used to be called HFDL), they've made a bunch of trademark registrations for known Filly toylines like <a href="https://tmdb.eu/trademark/013029905/eu">Filly Butterfly</a>, and known Filly locations like <a href="https://tmdb.eu/trademark/009703455/eu/en/iridia">Iridia</a> and <a href="https://tmdb.eu/trademark/009536046/eu/en/crystalia">Crystalia</a>. However, there are also a few trademarks that do not correspond to any known Filly toy lines.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-q2nZmNtE2jA/WDXtooLrelI/AAAAAAAABx8/c6WH6MkT-mUGj0BZ880Hb9XKjnbkCYAkwCLcB/s1600/Filly%2BPixie.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-q2nZmNtE2jA/WDXtooLrelI/AAAAAAAABx8/c6WH6MkT-mUGj0BZ880Hb9XKjnbkCYAkwCLcB/s640/Filly%2BPixie.png" width="640" /></a></div><br />The first of the two that incorporate the word "Filly" is "<a href="https://tmdb.eu/trademark/014507875/eu/en/filly-pixie">Filly Pixie</a>". This does sound like a possible name for a Filly Fairy remake as a pixie and a fairy are two similar creatures in mythology and the two terms are often used interchangeably in modern pop culture.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FTW6xyG8cZ4/WDXtotOJ-SI/AAAAAAAAByA/-8tpqvuiPHcoD1pZD_1bfqU_AQn5UdfKQCLcB/s1600/Filly%2BFlora.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="228" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FTW6xyG8cZ4/WDXtotOJ-SI/AAAAAAAAByA/-8tpqvuiPHcoD1pZD_1bfqU_AQn5UdfKQCLcB/s640/Filly%2BFlora.png" width="640" /></a></div><br />There's also a second one - "<a href="https://tmdb.eu/trademark/013029897/eu/en/filly-flora">Filly Flora</a>". Filly Flora also sounds like a possible name for a Filly Fairy remake since one of the memorable features of Filly Fairy is the fact that many of the characters (including Will) live in flowers.<br /><br />Of course, they're not going to have a toyline with two separate names. There could be two registrations because they weren't sure which name to go with, or one of the two names might possibly refer to an unrelated toyline, a concept in the toyline, a possible expansion to the toyline, or something else.<br /><br />There's also a third registration of interest.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VmSlZggzrMA/WDXvV61sVqI/AAAAAAAAByI/MhFwD3xXUmAZXE2lXAVpltEJ975JJG7aQCLcB/s1600/Florelia.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="222" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VmSlZggzrMA/WDXvV61sVqI/AAAAAAAAByI/MhFwD3xXUmAZXE2lXAVpltEJ975JJG7aQCLcB/s640/Florelia.png" width="640" /></a></div><br />Yep - "<a href="https://tmdb.eu/trademark/013029913/eu/en/florelia">Florelia</a>". (Wait, why "Florelia" and not "Floralia"?) That does sound like a possible name for the kingdom that'll be the setting of the (possible) Filly Fairy remake, and it's rather similar to "Filly Flora". While it's not guaranteed that this particular trademark is even Filly related since Dracco also has a lot of trademarks relating to their other toys, this one sounds just like a possible kingdom name for a Filly Fairy remake, and they have trademarks for several kingdom names of other Filly toylines.<br /><br />So, there we have it. A Filly Fairy remake, called "Filly Flora" or possibly "Filly Pixie". Now, we're not saying that this will definitely happen - it's just some informed speculation. It's possible that Dracco has now changed their minds about a Filly Fairy remake, or that a Filly Fairy remake is coming but further in the future than the next expected toyline release of early 2017, or that we've possibly entirely misinterpreted their intentions.<br /><br />What do you think - are we going to see a Filly Fairy remake? What are your expectations for the next Filly toyline?Skundinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789693831785365831.post-76835356618610871192016-11-13T16:51:00.001+01:002016-11-15T09:23:48.587+01:00BRB's Filly Funtasia Videos Now Private<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C79bK-spLyM/WCh8RbfkwUI/AAAAAAAABxc/UwjXRe9XKEgTarTRBQDGb4J1bke8JVBhgCLcB/s1600/CvKxJIiWYAAjbfu.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C79bK-spLyM/WCh8RbfkwUI/AAAAAAAABxc/UwjXRe9XKEgTarTRBQDGb4J1bke8JVBhgCLcB/s320/CvKxJIiWYAAjbfu.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />It keeps happening! Last time we ran an article about <a href="http://www.funtasiadaily.com/2016/11/filly-funtasia-removed-from-screen21s.html">BRB's removals of Filly Funtasia material</a>, we commented that this might be the last article like that from us since they were running out of places to remove Filly Funtasia from - silly me, I had completely forgotten about their video uploads! The original uploads of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv4NwK2BNXA">Promo #1</a> (the original video from way back in 2013) and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBZn1CCgYVM">Promo #4</a> (the one they <a href="http://www.funtasiadaily.com/2014/10/exclusive-filly-funtasia-video.html">actually sent to us</a>) are now set to private. Don't worry though, they're not gone forever, both #1 and #4 have been reuploaded on the Filly Funtasia fan channel as a response to BRB's removal. The videos are embedded at the end of the article.<br /><a name='more'></a><br />Furthermore, Promo #3 was reuploaded on the Filly Funtasia fan channel a long time ago since its original upload was a long BRB compilation video that was their promo for MIPTV 2014. BRB didn't forget about that one - that compilation video is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsb0F7tCEBE">also private</a>. Promo #2 was actually found on WorldScreen which routinely deletes videos after events end. That leaves Promo #5 as the only numbered promo that's currently still <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cJItKcKAjM">available in its original upload</a>. Notably, that is the only numbered promo that is uploaded on the "MyFillyWorld" channel which is run by Dracco. Again, this reinforces the trend that's becoming increasingly obvious - BRB Internacional is removing all Filly Funtasia content that they are hosting while Dracco is leaving it up.<br /><br />Now, why would this be? A very charitable interpretation of BRB's original removal of Filly Funtasia from their website (as well as Screen21's and Apolo Films' removals...) could be to guess that maybe it's just temporarily removed because they're rewriting it for some reason. But now, they are going back and making every old video that features Filly Funtasia private - including an unlisted one! At this point, it does not seem to me like BRB Internacional and its associated companies will be producing Filly Funtasia anymore. I doubt we're going to see an official confirmation of this if this is the case. There have been attempts at contacting BRB through email, through their social media accounts, as well as attempts to contact Apolo Films and Screen21. There have also been attempts to contact the individual people at BRB that we've previously been in touch with over the years. There have been no replies despite weeks of waiting. At this point, I will assume that we are intentionally being ignored.<br /><br />That means that we have to consider the possibility that Filly Funtasia is cancelled completely. However, so far, there have been no removals of any kind of Filly Funtasia material hosted by Dracco. Now, this could simply be because Dracco's webmasters are slow. Unlike BRB, they do not really use social media, and while we have previously been in contact with BRB a number of times (before they decided to start playing the quiet game, that is), we have had very limited contact with Dracco. There is also a remote possibility that they want to continue production of the show with another production company - but if they do intend to do this, it's very unlikely that the release of the show is coming any time soon. Lastly, there is the possibility that everything is actually fine and there's a logical reason for these removals. I was willing to believe that previously, but after this latest round of removals, I have a very hard time trying to think of a believable reason for why all these removals have happened if BRB are in fact still continuing production.<br /><br />I don't want Filly Funtasia to simply be vaporware forever. I want closure and to know what's happened. I will keep on trying to find out what's going on until someone is willing to give me a straight answer or until I find some other clear evidence of what's happened. Because I think Filly Funtasia deserves better than eternal vaporware status.<br /><br />We won't just wait around for an answer, though. (or for Filly Funtasia to miraculously return to life) We'll keep posting about the Filly toys which thankfully seem to still be fine, and we also intend to use this website to post about other magical horse franchises, other franchises that are thematically related enough, and <a href="http://www.funtasiadaily.com/2016/10/where-fantasy-horses-come-from.html">other fun stuff</a>. One of my main hopes for Filly Funtasia was that it could act as an impetus to the establishing of cute magical horse (and I guess other animals too) fantasy cartoons and comics as a broad and vital genre. Perhaps this can still happen even without Filly Funtasia.<br /><br />Finally, here are the promised video embeds:<br /><br /><div align="center"><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ycijuVN7hvU" width="560"></iframe> <br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/a_u5uVSsCbU" width="560"></iframe></div>Skundinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789693831785365831.post-84740027773262038372016-11-07T21:56:00.000+01:002016-11-07T21:56:56.014+01:00Princess Sparkle & Toys<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Princess Sparkle has come with an important message for the fans of Filly and other franchises. This particular video was made by me (Zejgar) and uploaded on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZr_7SYFmOJ9tx6Hs97ZPjw">my Youtube channel</a>, which has been sporadically updated with short Filly-related content for over two years. Be sure to check it out if you like amusing Filly videos!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/He-5nrU0pqY/0.jpg" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/He-5nrU0pqY?feature=player_embedded" width="640"></iframe></div><br /></div>Zejgarhttps://plus.google.com/116458490537303560853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789693831785365831.post-67243846251544146922016-11-06T22:58:00.000+01:002016-11-06T22:58:41.044+01:00Filly FuntaudioAbout a week ago, we <a href="http://www.funtasiadaily.com/2016/10/your-questions-wanted.html">announced</a> that we'd be holding an extended discussion, and take the opportunity to answer some of your questions. As a result of that, we present to you: "Filly Funtaudio" - an extended podcast-y discussion between Skundi (that's me!) and Zejgar. It's pretty long, so you might want to put it on in the background while you play some video games.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4cMMhWz_CIY" width="560"></iframe></div>Skundinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789693831785365831.post-71889297374907841192016-11-05T23:04:00.000+01:002016-11-05T23:04:44.418+01:00Filly Funtasia Removed From Screen21's WebsiteWhat, again? Yes, once again, there has been another removal of Filly Funtasia since the last article about Filly Funtasia removals was written. Take a look at what Screen21's website looked like last time and how it looks now:<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2hjuuiibhWg/WB5CMcvbDpI/AAAAAAAABxM/dCL3TxFUMAoGR8RESJUiBmWcVvsGMG1SwCLcB/s1600/screen21%2Bcomparison.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="308" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2hjuuiibhWg/WB5CMcvbDpI/AAAAAAAABxM/dCL3TxFUMAoGR8RESJUiBmWcVvsGMG1SwCLcB/s640/screen21%2Bcomparison.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Something is missing, I can't quite place it</td></tr></tbody></table>Just like for <a href="http://www.apolofilms.es/filly-butterfly-filly-stars/">Apolo Films</a>, the Screen21 page for Filly Funtasia is <a href="http://www.screen21.net/filly-funtasia/">still present</a>, it's just that all links to it have been removed. However, they did delete the page's header image for some reason. Let's recap what's happened:<br /><a name='more'></a><br />• First, we <a href="http://www.funtasiadaily.com/2016/10/zack-wheres-promo.html">find out</a> that there is no Filly Funtasia content in this year's MIPCOM trailer that BRB Internacional has posted - for the first time since 2012. At the same time, the Filly Funtasia page on BRB's website becomes unavailable and the Filly Funtasia page on Apolo Films' website becomes unlisted.<br />• Then, we <a href="http://www.funtasiadaily.com/2016/11/removal-of-filly-funtasia-from-brbs.html">find out</a> that Filly Funtasia has been removed from the top bar on BRB's website, and been removed from the licensing section of their website since the previous article.<br />• After that, we <a href="http://www.funtasiadaily.com/2016/11/brb-still-revealing-nothing-about-filly.html">find out</a> that Jymn Magon has not been in contact with BRB for months and BRB's only reply to queries about Filly Funtasia is to say that they're not saying anything.<br />• Finally, we're now finding out that since we wrote the article about the second round of removals, Filly Funtasia has been removed from Screen21's website as well. When that second round of removals happened, we sent two emails to Screen21 asking for updates, which may possibly have alerted them to the fact that Filly Funtasia is still present on their website. Or it could be a coincidence.<br /><br />This might be the last in the series of article about removals of Filly Funtasia from websites - because they're running out of places to remove them from. Besides news articles, unlinked pages, old videos, the presence of Rose in their banners, and brief mentions - there's not really any other places to remove Filly Funtasia from. Notably, all the removals have happened on the websites of BRB, of their animation studio Screen21, and of Apolo Films which produces feature-length movies of BRB animated series. So far, there have been no known removal on Dracco's end - <a href="http://fillyfuntasia.com/">fillyfuntasia.com</a> is still online, and so is <a href="http://www.dracconews.com/home">dracconews.com</a> and no mentions have been removed from&nbsp;<a href="http://www.dracco.com/">dracco.com</a> or <a href="http://myfilly.com/">MyFilly</a>. Does that mean anything? Well, we don't know - Dracco isn't answering our emails either right now. (Sidenote: if anyone has a better way of contacting them than the info email listed on their website, let us know.) Again - if you have any more information about what's going on behind the scenes, don't hesitate to email <b>funtasiadaily@gmail.com</b>. Thank you.Skundinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789693831785365831.post-22925713544802204952016-11-04T23:15:00.000+01:002016-11-05T21:29:23.072+01:00Filling You In #5: Spin-off Toy Lines & Expansions<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">This is the last installment in the Filly toy line sub-series of the "Fill(y)ing You In" article series. Throughout the last three entries, we looked at the primary toy lines of Filly, which have defined what the brand represents. Today, we will discuss special branches of Filly that are sprinkled over the years of its existence.<br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>The Filly Ice Series</b></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tCJZ2uFI-jA/WBs2Jm19vqI/AAAAAAAABiM/mv2PgexOg6oNRLPDApcEXcdZoiAy0oWWwCLcB/s1600/website_image_icefairy.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="278" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tCJZ2uFI-jA/WBs2Jm19vqI/AAAAAAAABiM/mv2PgexOg6oNRLPDApcEXcdZoiAy0oWWwCLcB/s640/website_image_icefairy.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Filly Ice Fairy website image (reconstruction)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jtKOdl2nHBE/WBs2LmXpbJI/AAAAAAAABiQ/FyCLSwlCP0gQ6I0bYu-tz_s26f_83xQswCLcB/s1600/website_image_iceunicorn.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="310" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jtKOdl2nHBE/WBs2LmXpbJI/AAAAAAAABiQ/FyCLSwlCP0gQ6I0bYu-tz_s26f_83xQswCLcB/s640/website_image_iceunicorn.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Filly Ice Unicorn website image</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GPmQZ39UAgQ/WBs2TaDoMZI/AAAAAAAABiU/Gcw1LucH7Dw6LbOejSL61O228JjmjeiRgCLcB/s1600/website_image_iceelves.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="310" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GPmQZ39UAgQ/WBs2TaDoMZI/AAAAAAAABiU/Gcw1LucH7Dw6LbOejSL61O228JjmjeiRgCLcB/s640/website_image_iceelves.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Filly Ice Elves website image</td></tr></tbody></table>In the time period from Filly Fairy to Filly Witchy, the primary toy lines spawned a row of ice-themed spin-offs, commonly known as Filly Ice. These lines are presented as expansion packs to the original toy lines and introduce new characters, who live in previously concealed parts of the original lines' settings, be it a hidden frozen valley beyond Emocia, or the seventh island of Crystalia which can be visited on rare occasions when a rare Ice Rainbow appears as a bridge there.<br /><br />The theme of each Ice line is, well, ice - more specifically, ice skating. Each Ice Filly has a pair of ice skates, which they use to graciously dance on enchanted ice. Whether these skates are a part of Ice Fillys' bodies is unknown. The festive nature of Filly Ice is inherently linked with the winter holidays, which the spin-offs usually accompany.<br /><br />The characters of Filly Ice Unicorn appear to be comparable to the Special Filly(s) of the original lines: their statistics, while not measuring the same thing as for the regular Unicorns (The Ice Unicorns' stats measure Skill, Speed and Artistic, instead of Speed, Intelligence and Beauty), are still above the ordinary Fillys. The special nature of the Ice Fillys is at its most obvious in the case of Filly Witchy, where each Ice Filly gets their Witchy hat - something that only Abra and Cadabra (the Special Fillys of Filly Witchy) used to have.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8Qk5LPPkB88/WBs_ocxMNKI/AAAAAAAABi8/0VNftKeWCZoeN_mUT8fzgp6Cpj1rfrrxgCLcB/s1600/yellow.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8Qk5LPPkB88/WBs_ocxMNKI/AAAAAAAABi8/0VNftKeWCZoeN_mUT8fzgp6Cpj1rfrrxgCLcB/s400/yellow.PNG" width="305" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Every Filly gets a hat!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZUeS6WJTFEM/WBs77sn-1oI/AAAAAAAABio/84SvPsEiZgsJjfcwrjfxP7BLt5q5iOOSQCLcB/s1600/purple.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="361" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZUeS6WJTFEM/WBs77sn-1oI/AAAAAAAABio/84SvPsEiZgsJjfcwrjfxP7BLt5q5iOOSQCLcB/s640/purple.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Her name is Spanish for "snow"!</td></tr></tbody></table>The Filly Rainbow is still present in the Ice series (except for Ice Fairy, because Filly Fairy did not have the Filly Rainbow), and it is evenly distributed among the characters. The meaning of its colors is the same as it is in the respective original toy line. However, some Ice series bring with them a new color: Purple, foreshadowing a trend that would replace the Ice series.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>The Filly Silver Series</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NwXZk56FLOg/WBz3t6j0m0I/AAAAAAAABwY/mbQvR9-dnEIeS9d3cwoKEB_nXqxaG4J-ACLcB/s1600/s-l1000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NwXZk56FLOg/WBz3t6j0m0I/AAAAAAAABwY/mbQvR9-dnEIeS9d3cwoKEB_nXqxaG4J-ACLcB/s400/s-l1000.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>Another spinoff to the main Filly series that began during Filly Fairy just like the Filly Ice Series is the Filly Silver series. From Fairy until Witchy, the Silver Series was the second spinoff for each of the main series, which would be released after the Ice series. There are also Silver editions of the Butterfly and Stars toylines, which lack Ice editions. Unlike the Ice editions, the Silver editions feature the same characters as the standard toylines - but parts of the Fillys have been turned silvery.<br /><br />The crown always becomes silvery, but sometimes other parts of the Filly are turned silvery as well, this has applied to horns, the Witchy capes, the Elves leg rings and necklaces, parts of the Butterfly wings, etc. There's also usually a special silver-themed edition of the Filly Magazine accompanying the release of a Silver Edition. The Filly Silver editions do not add any lore to the Filly universe but are simply alternative forms of the characters to occupy and beautify a shelf, for one of the fundamental principles of Filly has been, ever since its beginning, as a collectible figurine.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YUGGX4q-lJo/WBz5_GTJQOI/AAAAAAAABwk/JqN9FuPQdcg0Kqcnluut-tNwqoQLMbrfQCLcB/s1600/filly%252Bsilberstars-00026_2014_2110995.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YUGGX4q-lJo/WBz5_GTJQOI/AAAAAAAABwk/JqN9FuPQdcg0Kqcnluut-tNwqoQLMbrfQCLcB/s1600/filly%252Bsilberstars-00026_2014_2110995.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>The Mystery Families</b></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dS4G66l4AQ8/WBtFEmaYMoI/AAAAAAAABjQ/k1-BAh0zplsIkyWbVBS5Hqe6UTqL8Yg4ACLcB/s1600/papilia.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="370" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dS4G66l4AQ8/WBtFEmaYMoI/AAAAAAAABjQ/k1-BAh0zplsIkyWbVBS5Hqe6UTqL8Yg4ACLcB/s640/papilia.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What is that behind the Butterfly ship?</td></tr></tbody></table>The Mystery Families is another kind of toy line expansion. It first appeared in Filly Witchy, and since then has appeared in every primary toy line, except for Filly Royale.<br /><br />Unlike Filly Ice, Mystery expansions integrate themselves into the toy lines: they become a fully fledged part of them instead of acting as a separate addition. This is clearly reflected in the story lines, where by the end of the year, the Special Filly does something that leads to the Mystery family appearing and being welcomed by the Fillys of the original toy line. The levels of foreshadowing of the Mystery Family vary from toy line to toy line: Witchy Mystery family appears out of nowhere when Abra and Cadabra cast a spell to summon them for a celebration of the 13th hour. Butterfly Mystery family gets a bit of foreshadowing in the form of a hidden tower silhouette on the map of Papilia, and are discovered once Scarlet sails her ship towards it. Filly Stars is a special case, where the Mystery family and their leader were actively hinted at throughout the entire story line.<br /><br />The primary color of Mystery families is Purple in every toy line they appear in, but the color is never given any meaning in terms of the Filly Rainbow - not surprising, considering the Filly Rainbow traditionally does not contain Purple in it.<br /><br />The Mystery Fillys may seem to be very alien at first, but in reality they are quite friendly, with a few notable exceptions such as <a href="http://www.fillywiki.com/wiki/Frida">Frida from Filly Witchy</a>. Their magical abilities do not differ much from the Fillys of the original toy lines in terms of power, even though the Mystery Fillys are still presented on par with the Special ones.<br /><br />The Mystery families have a lot in common with the Ice series, and it's fairly likely that one is supposed to be the replacement for the other. Filly Witchy is the only toy line lucky enough to have both kinds of expansion, and it may be the biggest Filly toy line so far. Though there is a competition!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Filly Mermaids (2012+)</b></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SyMqBDhdD9Q/WBtIES9f7-I/AAAAAAAABjc/waHh5t3slXwmX7dOlb3QTX39X5WQckU2wCLcB/s1600/website_image_mermaids.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="352" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SyMqBDhdD9Q/WBtIES9f7-I/AAAAAAAABjc/waHh5t3slXwmX7dOlb3QTX39X5WQckU2wCLcB/s640/website_image_mermaids.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Filly Mermaids website image (2012)</td></tr></tbody></table><b>Filly Mermaids</b> is one of the most unique Filly toy lines out there, and it might have been considered one of the primary toy lines, if it wasn't for its unusual position in the series: Filly Mermaids is an annual toy line, with <a href="http://www.fillywiki.com/wiki/Filly_Mermaids_toy_line">a new edition coming out every year</a>, much akin to the Filly brand as a whole!&nbsp; <br /><br />The most obvious trait of Filly Mermaids is their fish tails, which they use to travel in the endless oceans of the Filly world. The oceans themselves are actually separated into different kindoms: the two key ones being Aquatica and Coralia. Each kingdom has its own Special Filly, and sometimes not even one, as the new editions of the toy line keep coming out. Like the primary toy lines, Filly Mermaids are touched by the Filly Rainbow - each Filly's alignment is represented much like it is in Filly Elves, but the Rainbow also manifests itself in hooves and tails of the Mermaids.<br /><br />Excluding the discontinued pre-Princess Fillys, Filly Mermaids is the only Filly kind that so far has not appeared in Filly Funtasia in any form. Although teased by BRB Internacional early on in production, the scale tail signers and dancers are yet to make any appearance outside their own toy line. Which, coincidentally, includes the next special toy line.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Filly Wedding (2014)</b></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KKO2t079Nyw/WBtOvu8ibpI/AAAAAAAABj0/DAi6Z1jo2rcIyHmsl4lPyhmuH5ADVXAvACLcB/s1600/website_image_wedding.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="332" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KKO2t079Nyw/WBtOvu8ibpI/AAAAAAAABj0/DAi6Z1jo2rcIyHmsl4lPyhmuH5ADVXAvACLcB/s640/website_image_wedding.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Filly Wedding website image (one frame)</span></td></tr></tbody></table>The Filly toy lines have had romance between characters for years, and it eventually span out into its own separate line: <b>Filly Wedding</b>.<br /><br />Filly Wedding is quite a small toy line: it features no Special Fillys, no new Filly kinds and no new locations. Instead, it introduces five couples, one per each of the previous primary toy lines. You've got pairs from Filly Princess, Filly Fairy, Filly Unicorn, Filly Elves and Filly Witchy, all gathered in one place in preparations for likely the biggest event in their lives. The Filly Rainbow is still here, and each pair gets their own color: Yellow, Green, Dark Pink, Pink and Blue respectively. Additionally, the names of Fillys within each pair start with the same letter, which only solidifies the bond between the lovers. <strike>There have been no expansions to Filly Wedding.</strike> Actually, as pointed out by HareTrinity in the comments, there has been an expansion called "Filly Dream Wedding" which added six new couples - two Butterfly couples and one each of Elves, Fairy, Unicorn and Witchy. It takes place in the tropical location of Romancia as opposed to the wintery setting of the original Filly Wedding.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wFWgAUanpe8/WBtTczaEEfI/AAAAAAAABkE/h0J_eVnZZhMV8iLkyXO7-wfRdBA2ZyITACLcB/s1600/pxp.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="378" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wFWgAUanpe8/WBtTczaEEfI/AAAAAAAABkE/h0J_eVnZZhMV8iLkyXO7-wfRdBA2ZyITACLcB/s640/pxp.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They're so close together that they even share the description page</td></tr></tbody></table>It should be noted that Filly Wedding takes place during winter: much like the Ice and, to an extent, Mystery expansions. Combined with the celebratory essence of the toy line, this makes Filly Wedding look like an expansion for the Filly brand as a whole - and that explains its nominal size, which is comparable to those of Ice and Mystery expansions.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Miscellaneous Specials</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-093msS_h_os/WBzuSavUlMI/AAAAAAAABkk/p4TlfijB2SkuFAE0YcatPQxto0fx4xw_ACLcB/s1600/compo.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-093msS_h_os/WBzuSavUlMI/AAAAAAAABkk/p4TlfijB2SkuFAE0YcatPQxto0fx4xw_ACLcB/s640/compo.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>In addition to primary toy lines, their expansions and spin-off toy lines, the Filly brand features miscellaneous rare Fillys - unattached to any of the primary toy lines, these characters are very hard to find and are visually different to the ordinary Fillys. They have uncommon magical artifacts in their possession, the rules of the Filly Rainbow don't quite apply to them even if they should, and their overall properties suggest they are quite special Fillys.<br /><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />One of the more notable ones is the angel Rafael, who was featured in a 2012 Filly Regenbogen magazine, as well as in the 2013 Filly Sammelband where he was identified as belonging to the Filly Fairy despite having golden feathery wings instead of the typical flat Fairy wings.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rIow43e5IsA/WBz_Z5jGEuI/AAAAAAAABw0/3hleWVbQedg_sCNFX3od8CS_blaKArQDwCLcB/s1600/img_8277a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rIow43e5IsA/WBz_Z5jGEuI/AAAAAAAABw0/3hleWVbQedg_sCNFX3od8CS_blaKArQDwCLcB/s400/img_8277a.jpg" width="300" /></a></div></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />There are a few other Angel appearances in Filly - like this one from the Filly Advent Calendars:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Lq0XwDPbqLQ/WB0Arrxw3eI/AAAAAAAABw8/3Vdn4nrNJ04CjleoJC83368X-X9NcNWYACLcB/s1600/Christmas_Angel_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Lq0XwDPbqLQ/WB0Arrxw3eI/AAAAAAAABw8/3Vdn4nrNJ04CjleoJC83368X-X9NcNWYACLcB/s400/Christmas_Angel_1.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>Before the release of Filly Stars, it was assumed that Zack would perhaps be connected to Angels since they were among the very few known Filly characters from the toylines that also had feathery wings. Articles <a href="http://www.funtasiadaily.com/2014/08/summer-roundup.html">on this very site</a> speculated that Zack would be connected to the Angels. Alas, it was not to be - Zack wasn't connected to these obscure Fillys but to a future unreleased toyline.<br /><br />There are other Fillys which are mostly known from the Sammelbands, magazine mentions or specific toys which seem to exist mostly as rare Fillys for the collectors and seemingly do not have much relevance to the wider world of Filly and its ongoing storyline.<br /><br />That is not to say that vast and magical worlds isn't another fundamental principle of Filly, which, I hope, has been showcased in this sub-series of the Fill(y)ing You In series. This article concludes the rundown of the Filly toy lines, from Filly Forest all the way to Filly Royale. Filly Funtasia may have been delayed through the years, but thankfully the Filly toy lines are still coming out regularly. What awaits Filly in the future? What do you think the next Filly toy line will be? Let your imagination soar in the comment section below this article, on the <a href="http://www.fillychan.com/">Fillychan imageboard</a>, in your internet blogs, galleries, on your paper and, of course, in your mind, for the Filly will return in 2017! (We do have our own hypothesis for what the next one might be - but that will be the subject of another article!)<br /><br /><i>Additional information added by Skundi.</i><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/loVmSlHvXe0/0.jpg" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/loVmSlHvXe0?feature=player_embedded" width="640"></iframe></div></div></div>Zejgarhttps://plus.google.com/116458490537303560853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789693831785365831.post-12762817482998302162016-11-03T21:36:00.000+01:002016-11-03T21:36:09.309+01:00BRB Still Revealing Nothing About Filly FuntasiaThe attempts at finding out what's happened to Filly Funtasia after <a href="http://www.funtasiadaily.com/2016/11/removal-of-filly-funtasia-from-brbs.html">recent</a> <a href="http://www.funtasiadaily.com/2016/10/zack-wheres-promo.html">events</a> continue. Tom S Fox has been in contact with <a href="http://www.awn.com/news/new-filly-funtasia-writers-announced">Filly Funtasia writer</a> Jymn Magon to hear if he knows anything. Last autumn, <a href="https://finetooning.wordpress.com/2015/08/24/jymn-the-world-tour/">he was in Barcelona</a> for a meeting about Filly Funtasia, but apparently he hasn't heard from them in months now.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2pn1KVwXCv8/WBuTeuH78rI/AAAAAAAABwE/5rZE03O1X64kmOH8pFnKryM5a8OUIZT_QCLcB/s1600/Jymn%2BMagon.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="294" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2pn1KVwXCv8/WBuTeuH78rI/AAAAAAAABwE/5rZE03O1X64kmOH8pFnKryM5a8OUIZT_QCLcB/s640/Jymn%2BMagon.png" width="640" /></a></div><br />Meanwhile, BRB themselves have finally responded to one of many messages sent to them about Filly Funtasia - albeit with an answer that only revealed that they seemingly really don't want to reveal anything about Filly Funtasia right now.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9dm60qdbDVg/WBuUL3KYJcI/AAAAAAAABwI/Pf8XWZLk3ckD8gkJC-rV4YHR7bCDmjuTwCLcB/s1600/FF%2Bnews%2Bnone.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9dm60qdbDVg/WBuUL3KYJcI/AAAAAAAABwI/Pf8XWZLk3ckD8gkJC-rV4YHR7bCDmjuTwCLcB/s1600/FF%2Bnews%2Bnone.png" /></a></div><br />I'd like to thank Tom S. Fox and our anonymous Facebooker for sending this in. If you have been in contact with anyone about Filly Funtasia's fate or if you know anything we don't, please send it in to <b>funtasiadaily@gmail.com</b>. Even if it's bad news. At this point, I'd prefer being told that the worst has happened to Filly Funtasia remaining vaporware forever.Skundinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789693831785365831.post-43335622309776270802016-11-02T20:40:00.000+01:002016-11-02T20:43:37.508+01:00Removal of Filly Funtasia from BRB's Website ContinuesIt keeps happening! As we've <a href="http://www.funtasiadaily.com/2016/10/zack-wheres-promo.html">previously reported on</a>, there was no Filly Funtasia at this year's MIPCOM, which was revealed to us at about the same time that Filly Funtasia was removed from the overview on <a href="http://www.apolofilms.es/">Apolo Films</a>' website and the Filly Funtasia info page on BRB's website was made inaccessible. Well, Filly Funtasia has now been removed from a few more parts of BRB's website since we wrote that article. Let's take a look.<br /><a name='more'></a><br />When the last article was written, Filly Funtasia was still present in the top bar although <a href="http://www.brb.es/en/productions/animation-series/filly-funtasia">the page it linked to</a> was inaccessible. This is what it looked like:<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fYJGZi040aU/WBoTrF7dwQI/AAAAAAAABvg/aKl5sBHokpYsuCSBCKIEL2a1WysL-h9-wCLcB/s1600/do%2Bpeople%2Bactually%2Bread%2Bthese%2Bfilenames.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fYJGZi040aU/WBoTrF7dwQI/AAAAAAAABvg/aKl5sBHokpYsuCSBCKIEL2a1WysL-h9-wCLcB/s640/do%2Bpeople%2Bactually%2Bread%2Bthese%2Bfilenames.png" width="622" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Magic, spells and fun! Poof, the page is gone!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Well, now the Filly Funtasia banner has been removed from the topbar. It currently looks like this:<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TUHg405U3i4/WBoUNdQo2bI/AAAAAAAABvk/eP-Qj_j8oFs_NJdZzkzxa2FRZRozQZwqgCLcB/s1600/brb%2Bnew%2Btopbar.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="166" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TUHg405U3i4/WBoUNdQo2bI/AAAAAAAABvk/eP-Qj_j8oFs_NJdZzkzxa2FRZRozQZwqgCLcB/s640/brb%2Bnew%2Btopbar.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This frog seems a bit too happy, considering this turn of events.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />And that's not the only recent change. While we pointed out in the last article that <a href="http://www.brb.es/en/licensing/tv-series/filly-funtasia">Filly Funtasia's page</a> in the "Licensing" section of the website was still there - it's now gone the way of the dodo for both the English and Spanish language sections of the website. This is what it looked like before its removal:<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PNpnTwRCPIE/WBoVDMPEb8I/AAAAAAAABvo/U3yzac8yyVYw6cIfWDqY-1ZSn_M9YOuPwCLcB/s1600/goodbye%2Bhorses.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="592" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PNpnTwRCPIE/WBoVDMPEb8I/AAAAAAAABvo/U3yzac8yyVYw6cIfWDqY-1ZSn_M9YOuPwCLcB/s640/goodbye%2Bhorses.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"premiere 2014"</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Now, even with these latest removals, BRB's website is not completely Filly free. Filly Funtasia is still mentioned on BRB's "<a href="http://www.brb.es/en/about-us">About Us</a>" page:<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wHlsI5iW_xA/WBoV1fsSvhI/AAAAAAAABvw/tV3TxuNqdewIIQcs6Vw2_zBRbgFUeT9RACLcB/s1600/but%2Bwhat%2Babout%2Bus.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="536" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wHlsI5iW_xA/WBoV1fsSvhI/AAAAAAAABvw/tV3TxuNqdewIIQcs6Vw2_zBRbgFUeT9RACLcB/s640/but%2Bwhat%2Babout%2Bus.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">To be fair, nothing about clarity in communication is mentioned here.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Also, Filly Funtasia is still mentioned in numerous news articles hosted on their website... and Rose is still present in their Facebook, YouTube and Twitter banners!<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-T2UtjR7VwLY/WBoWLo9JC7I/AAAAAAAABv0/nsbHF3jumKcj59WNYf1nU4duvLbWKcTuQCLcB/s1600/1500x500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-T2UtjR7VwLY/WBoWLo9JC7I/AAAAAAAABv0/nsbHF3jumKcj59WNYf1nU4duvLbWKcTuQCLcB/s640/1500x500.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No need to remake the banner from scratch - why not just scribble out Rose's face?</td></tr></tbody></table><br />We have made quite a few attempts at contacting various Filly Funtasia stakeholders, inquiring about what is going on, but nobody has replied to us yet. Again, I must reiterate my plea - if you know anything about what's going on here, please tell us something to calm our nerves. We're reachable at <b>funtasiadaily@gmail.com</b><br /><br />Even if this is happening because of something we can't be told about (like legal reasons, ongoing negotiations, etc), even knowing the fact that there is a reason we can't be told what's going on would put our minds at ease.Skundinoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789693831785365831.post-1392046201477031372016-11-01T23:20:00.000+01:002016-11-01T23:20:55.709+01:00Filling You In #4: Modern Toy Lines<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Welcome to another entry in the toy line sub-series of the Fill(y)ing You In series! This article will touch on the three latest primary Filly toy lines: these lines came to be after Filly Funtasia was already announced, and after the creation of this very website. Judging by the rate of their appearance, in early 2017 there is going to be yet another new toy line, which will get its own separate article (or articles) - but for now, let us marvel at what currently are the remaining modern Filly toy lines.<br /><a name='more'></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Filly Butterfly (2014)</b></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ip_IQuCFIYw/WBco2ZGcLyI/AAAAAAAABgY/6e7VsUmXLwQE6GVskRqxOCFFKUQMjyu7wCEw/s1600/website_image_butterfly.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="332" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ip_IQuCFIYw/WBco2ZGcLyI/AAAAAAAABgY/6e7VsUmXLwQE6GVskRqxOCFFKUQMjyu7wCEw/s640/website_image_butterfly.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Filly Butterfly website image (one frame)</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;">The next toy line came out in the dreaded year of 2014, also known as the first officially announced release year of Filly Funtasia. Interestingly enough, this toy line was not a tie-in to the TV show, but another self-sufficient part of the ongoing toy series: <b>Filly Butterfly</b>.<br /><br />Filly Butterfly is quite similar to Filly Fairy in the way that the characters and the setting are inherently connected with nature and flora in particular: the Rainbow colors this time represent Heart, Flower, Sun, Leaf and Water - things you may see if you visit a garden. And the land of the Butterfly Fillys is quite similar to a garden - the beautiful land of Papilia, where everything is blooming and teeming with life. This toy line almost acts like a counterweight to Filly Witchy, with its outstanding daylight and pristine calm plains of greenery. <br /><br />Contrary to a popular belief, the physical size of a Butterfly Filly is on par with a regular Filly from any other toy line: the butterflies may be small, but these Fillys are as bulky as any other Fillys. Butterfly Fillys look even bigger thanks to their huge sparkling wings which they use to fly in the sky. The size comparison is shown in one of the Filly Stars comic books.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TRrdlk5w6k4/WBkQkAZTTJI/AAAAAAAABh0/tF9SSC1KAIY-ezpOdsGT-rvtICbAXAGuACLcB/s1600/20161102_005914.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TRrdlk5w6k4/WBkQkAZTTJI/AAAAAAAABh0/tF9SSC1KAIY-ezpOdsGT-rvtICbAXAGuACLcB/s400/20161102_005914.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Captain Cara and Princess Scarlet, photobombed by Nikita and Hermia</td></tr></tbody></table>The slow buildup of magic throughout the last few Filly toy lines stopped shortly before this point in time. Butterfly Fillys do not possess any magic what so ever - all unusual phenomena are back in the hands of the world around the Fillys, and even then they are very subtle in this particular installment. That's not to say our characters don't have unusual abilities at all - in particular, the antennae on their heads allow them to communicate over great distances, similar to how a radio transmission works.<br /><br />Filly Butterfly introduces the Buttefly Ship under the command of this toy line's Special Filly - Princess Scarlet. The Princess spends most of her time outside Papilia, which is very similar to how Special Fillys were handled in the old toy lines: Princess Crystal in Filly Princess and King Magic in Filly Fairy. Unlike these two, however, Filly Butterfly doesn't leave the explanation at a vague mention of "lands far away" - instead, Princess Scarlet is away visiting other lands of the Filly World.<br /><br />Oh yes, Filly Butterfly establishes, for the first time in the primary toy lines, a solid base for the overworld known as the Filly World - and according to the stories, Papilia is a very small part of it to the south. It is not clear whether or not the past toy lines also belong to the Filly World. It's a completely fictional world, yet the first toy lines are clearly set on Earth. Personally, I think that the Filly World portion of the series started with Filly Unicorn, and since Filly Funtasia features characters from earlier lines, their setting might have been retroactively altered. If that is the case, it doesn't damage the overall continuity, since there barely is one.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Speaking of continuity…</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Filly Stars (2015)</b></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pfi1BjGksD8/WBcruULtj2I/AAAAAAAABgk/9qfmkSaX2zAL0nEldW7sPUnu450T3-92ACLcB/s1600/website_image_stars.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="332" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pfi1BjGksD8/WBcruULtj2I/AAAAAAAABgk/9qfmkSaX2zAL0nEldW7sPUnu450T3-92ACLcB/s640/website_image_stars.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Filly Stars website image (one frame, reconstruction)</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Filly Stars</b>. Just Filly Stars.<br /><br />Filly Stars embodies all the best features of the modern Filly toy lines. Filly Stars came out when Funtasia Daily was in full swing, and as the result, Filly Stars has its own article that delves into details and achievements of Filly Stars.<br /><br />The edited version of the article is provided below.<br /><br />---<br /><br />What one may find out is that Filly Stars appears to be moderately different to what Filly was doing with previous toy lines, such as Butterfly, Witchy, Unicorn, Elves and others.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pFLAKXj3rZU/VNOvcXQ67RI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/AsPgZ33CrK8/s1600/families.PNG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="126" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pFLAKXj3rZU/VNOvcXQ67RI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/AsPgZ33CrK8/s1600/families.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>1. Green Isn't Your Color</b></td></tr></tbody></table>The most obvious difference is the lack of the fifth ordinary family. The standard (by now) formula for a Filly toy line has been that there is a special, ultra rare filly and five families that are color-coded to match the Filly Rainbow: pink, dark pink, yellow, green and blue. Yet in Skylia, the land of the Filly Stars, not only do we get two special Fillys (which has only been seen in Filly Witchy before), but we also lack the green family. To compensate, almost all families have received a boost in numbers, sporting up to six members now, as opposed to normal four.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-09WQjkgg6aM/VNO0LXr4u5I/AAAAAAAAAGw/95KzwHI7BK4/s1600/ship.PNG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="98" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-09WQjkgg6aM/VNO0LXr4u5I/AAAAAAAAAGw/95KzwHI7BK4/s1600/ship.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>2. Hailing Frequencies Open</b></td></tr></tbody></table>Filly Stars is the first Filly toy line to have a family residence which is capable of moving around: the Star Boat. The Star Boat is piloted by the Twilight family, but it also serves as their home: Twilights do not have a traditional house on the surface, which means that they spend most of their time airborne, physically far away from all other Fillies.<br /><br />The fact that Star Boat is mobile adds a weirdly large amount of dynamic to the scene. When you look at the sky, you will most likely see the ship flying to a destination only its crew knows of, making you wonder what these fillies are up to this time. Or, rather, they just spend their time randomly on the altitude, not landing the ship because they enjoy being in the air. That makes Twilights seem adventurous and somewhat brave, even. No other Filly toy line did that on such scale.<br /><br />Not to mention that the ship makes for a really good toy.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Fsx_AmnFCKQ/VNPotCQWxCI/AAAAAAAAAHI/l4bi7X3rPWM/s1600/starss.PNG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="132" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Fsx_AmnFCKQ/VNPotCQWxCI/AAAAAAAAAHI/l4bi7X3rPWM/s1600/starss.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>3. For The Plot</b></td></tr></tbody></table>Filly has had a progressive story in its primary toy lines since Witchy. Witchy story line had events that helped separate its ending from its beginning, but it never foreshadowed big events in any way, nor did it take advantage of the already passed events. The next set, Filly Butterfly, took it up a notch by introducing a legit foreshadowing element that eventually paid off.<br /><br />Filly toy lines usually have magazines which in turn contain comic books. Those comic books tell a story, and if in the case of Witchy, for example, a lot of focus is on the world building, almost every single story piece of Filly Stars has an element of one bigger unified story, which spreads itself over the entire course of the comic books. The story goes as far as to include cliffhangers at the end of some chapters of the story - this definitely never happened before in Filly.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HaLVwJYWd5Y/VNPr4Ead2LI/AAAAAAAAAHU/G-X3a7DN5aM/s1600/darkness.PNG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="116" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HaLVwJYWd5Y/VNPr4Ead2LI/AAAAAAAAAHU/G-X3a7DN5aM/s1600/darkness.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>4. Wrong Neighbourhood</b></td></tr></tbody></table>The River of Moods from Filly Elves can be considered quite creepy (especially in the flash game), but only if you go as far as to make implications. Apart from that, Filly has usually had happy-go-lucky worlds in every toy line, where every corner of each world is welcoming, either due to Fillies being there, or due to beautiful nature. Although deep woods in Filly Witchy's Zimsala do offer danger, it's still to the side, in the background of the main residence of Witchys, and getting lost there is a fault of the person who dared to enter.<br /><br />The Moonlight region from Filly Stars, however, is beyond that. Not only is it said to be separated from the main land due to an accident, but it is also dark and full of shadows that are thicker and longer than anywhere else in Skylia. The very idea of freely entering the region is not welcomed among the Fillys. It is also home to the Moonlight family. The family is considered a myth by some of other Star Fillys, and that, in conjunction with the overall shadiness, is one step away from being considered mythical harbingers of misfortune. The Moonlight region itself, and everything that is connected to it lore-wise, is depicted to be, dare I say, <i>purposely seemingly unfriendly</i>.<br /><br />Thankfully this is only the initial depiction of the Moonlight region and its family. Later on in the story it is revealed that they are quite friendly, but that's a story for another article.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QOuZfS4kLsU/VNPvqMyslLI/AAAAAAAAAHg/s1ePzwNToV8/s1600/butter.PNG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="138" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QOuZfS4kLsU/VNPvqMyslLI/AAAAAAAAAHg/s1ePzwNToV8/s1600/butter.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>5. Flying Higher Than Ever Before</b></td></tr></tbody></table>While it is true that Filly toy lines always changed things around slightly, they never acknowledged the existence of each other, with extremely rare exceptions. The worlds interrupted each other to tell a completely new story roughly every year, and the story just happened to be similar to previous stories in some ways.<br /><br />Naturally, Filly Stars continues this holy tradition with full force.<br /><br />Nah, just kidding. It disregards this rule entirely by having the previous set - Filly Butterfly - briefly appear at the very start of the story, using it as a transition from one toy line to another. The story of Filly Stars opens up with the characters from Filly Butterfly, and only then does it move on to the core of the set.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bVD9y53Jaqg/VNP7Y8yzZAI/AAAAAAAAAII/GzVFj5vBwTs/s1600/zack.PNG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="438" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bVD9y53Jaqg/VNP7Y8yzZAI/AAAAAAAAAII/GzVFj5vBwTs/s1600/zack.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>6. A Long Game</b></td></tr></tbody></table>This is Prince Zack. He is a character of Filly Stars. He is a character in Filly Funtasia. Zack, a character of a toy line that was announced in early 2015, appears in a show that was originally scheduled to air in early 2014.<br /><br />I'll let you ruminate on that for a bit.<br /><br />---<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PMB5e_FxRFM/WBkRx1xXCeI/AAAAAAAABh4/I-HyQam-cU0tsWNN4LclhH_At4Q6rIQrACLcB/s1600/specials.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="184" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PMB5e_FxRFM/WBkRx1xXCeI/AAAAAAAABh4/I-HyQam-cU0tsWNN4LclhH_At4Q6rIQrACLcB/s640/specials.PNG" width="640" /></a></div>While Filly Butterfly and Filly Stars are not Filly Funtasia tie-in toy lines, they are supposed to get their own animated specials, named respectively. The story of these specials allegedly will touch on a lot of elements from both toy lines and will help expand their lore in conjunction with Filly Funtasia.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Filly Royale (2016)</b></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9clF82iUL5I/WBcsccgPLLI/AAAAAAAABgo/sTmneCbldBgt9-qX82lwvAi1G04ruB9ewCLcB/s1600/website_image_royale.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="332" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9clF82iUL5I/WBcsccgPLLI/AAAAAAAABgo/sTmneCbldBgt9-qX82lwvAi1G04ruB9ewCLcB/s640/website_image_royale.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Filly Royale website image</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;">Currently the most recent primary toy line in the series, <b>Filly Royale</b> celebrates the tenth anniversary of Filly by revisiting the "first" Filly toy line: Filly Princess.<br /><br />The gimmick of Filly Royale is beauty: in the land of Royalia, a lot of attention of Fillys is paid to looking and behaving as neat as possible. This fits rather well in the reused gimmick of royalty, and is also reflected in the design of the toys: every Filly has a long brushable tail. Facilities of Royalia are also themed after beauty, with buildings like Royal Spa, Hair Salon and Jewelry Shop. <br /><br />The colors of the Filly Rainbow are now linked to gemstones: Rose, Tanzanite, Topaz, Emerald and Sapphire. Like Filly Stars, this toy line slightly changes the composition of the rainbow, replacing Dark Pink with Purple. For the first time ever, the colors of the Rainbow are also represented by the crowns themselves in addition to the crystals.<br /><br />What's interesting is that the symbols used for the colors are the same as the symbols used in Filly Unicorn - the earliest toy line that included the Rainbow. I bet if Princess had it, Royale would have used its symbols instead.<br /><br />Why? Because Filly Royale is essentially a huge revisiting of Filly Princess - the fundamental toy line that jump-started the Fillys as we know them today. The majority of the Filly Royale characters have the same names as the ones in Filly Princess, and while most of them sport a different look, some are still very close to how they used to look all the way back in Princess. Even the geography of Royalia is somewhat similar to that of the Filly Kingdom.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vqvOOisw8Pg/WBkJttTLVBI/AAAAAAAABhM/KpSCsOBFNjUJni8nunnE1qxYE2ubUxnjwCLcB/s1600/1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="397" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vqvOOisw8Pg/WBkJttTLVBI/AAAAAAAABhM/KpSCsOBFNjUJni8nunnE1qxYE2ubUxnjwCLcB/s400/1.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Filly Kingdom, Filly Princess</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-c-DvEodDWyQ/WBkJ07VR7NI/AAAAAAAABhQ/rQooqGBOLJsGMdD7SbKurkmdgNCfPjdfwCLcB/s1600/filly_royale_kingdom_bg_map.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="364" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-c-DvEodDWyQ/WBkJ07VR7NI/AAAAAAAABhQ/rQooqGBOLJsGMdD7SbKurkmdgNCfPjdfwCLcB/s640/filly_royale_kingdom_bg_map.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Royalia, Filly Royale</td></tr></tbody></table>Given the unusual place of Filly Princess in the current canon, Filly Royale almost feels like a replacement, especially considering that it hosts one of the Filly Funtasia main characters: Prince Cedric.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-muIfHp31jjM/WBkKcGORcwI/AAAAAAAABhU/aRFvp-oVhU41mFZbI6OHwpZji5cyK1yNwCLcB/s1600/Guess_whos_back.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="395" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-muIfHp31jjM/WBkKcGORcwI/AAAAAAAABhU/aRFvp-oVhU41mFZbI6OHwpZji5cyK1yNwCLcB/s640/Guess_whos_back.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He still often practice sword-fighting!</td></tr></tbody></table>Whether the Cedric we see in Filly Funtasia is the Cedric we see in Royale, or the Cedric we see in Princess is unknown. Though, looking at how Royale changes a lot of things about the characters except their names, Cedric (and not him alone!) looks awfully well-preserved here: same description, same colors, same crown… Is this the true Cedric now?<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PqP-kAFXwNA/WBkLUHVhY7I/AAAAAAAABhg/KhFdCUbWlV4nn9Ju4DrPBjgr8QeKv-xeQCLcB/s1600/cedricsss.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PqP-kAFXwNA/WBkLUHVhY7I/AAAAAAAABhg/KhFdCUbWlV4nn9Ju4DrPBjgr8QeKv-xeQCLcB/s1600/cedricsss.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The three princes</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><br />And that's where we currently are: ten years of Filly, and still going! Throughout these three articles, we looked at the primary Filly toy lines. However, this is not even close to covering everything the Filly brand has (and had) to offer. These are merely consecutive toy lines, yet there are also annual toy lines and even expansions to the lines described in these articles. Now when the evolution of the brand is clear, the next article will touch on the specific branches, such as the certain water-related lines.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YSb_iFQg00k/WBjZRB2PBUI/AAAAAAAABg8/C0dsgKQwwbk8iFHBSUI3VJ4FxOyvlpQLwCLcB/s1600/booty.PNG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YSb_iFQg00k/WBjZRB2PBUI/AAAAAAAABg8/C0dsgKQwwbk8iFHBSUI3VJ4FxOyvlpQLwCLcB/s320/booty.PNG" width="320" /></a></div></div></div>Zejgarhttps://plus.google.com/116458490537303560853noreply@blogger.com0